Ohio gamer sentenced to 15 months prison in 'swatting' case

[Zorro]

An Ohio gamer upset about a $1.50 bet while playing Call of Duty: WWII online was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for recruiting a prankster to make a bogus emergency call that resulted in the fatal shooting of a Kansas man by police.

Casey Viner, 19, of North College Hill, Ohio, also is restricted from gaming activity for two years while he is on supervised release after serving his prison term, U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren said in announcing the sentence.

Viner repeatedly gulped and appeared crestfallen as the judge announced his sentencing decision. He glanced into the courtroom gallery where his parents were seated. His tearful mother got up and left the courtroom. His father, an Ohio law enforcement officer, put his head into his hands.

Viner pleaded guilty in April to felony charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the hope that he would not be sentenced to prison. Viner admitted trying to hide his involvement in the 2017 incident when he realized the antic had gotten someone killed.

https://news.yahoo.com/ohio-gamer-sentenced-15-months-200355303.html

IMO 15 months is too light a sentence for the gravity of his crime.

[GReedDiamond]

1. Agreed. 15 years might act as more of a deterrent...

...to others who think about "swatting" somebody.

This idiot got somebody killed, 15 months is a joke.

[Karadeniz]

2. Way too light.

[Jake Stern]

3. FIFTEEN FUCKING MONTHS!?

I know a guy who spent 24 months in federal prison for trying to sell $50 worth of SNAP benefits to raise rent money.

Totally obscene.

[Mariana]

6. Well, he told the judge he is "awfully sorry". nt.

[dickthegrouch]

4. Most judges are just as criminal as the people they're judging, IMHO.

This is particularly egregious. I hope there's some rationale behind it, such as making the murderer pay off a $50M wrongful death suit by the wife and kids of his victim, which he couldn't do from jail.

[Baclava]

5. Yeah, too light, see how tough he is in prison without his keyboard n/t

[ecstatic]

7. The cop should go to jail too

Had he not just blindly started shooting, the victim would be alive. That's not OK, regardless of what they thought was going on.