NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: Man With Nothing Better To Do Repeatedly Punks 9-1-1
Mason Seckar, 20, is suspected of using Skype to place hundreds of prank 9-1-1 calls to sheriff’s departments in FL and MN, according to an FBI affidavit requesting a warrant to search his home. The Smoking Gun reports:
The FBI affidavit alleges that the calls constitute violations of federal laws governing harassing phone calls and threatening communications. …
One prank call cited by Pruitt involved a male caller who said he was in the bathroom of a McDonald’s with his “five year old girlfriend,” and that he wanted to be arrested. Fearing that a child was in danger, seven Florida deputies responded to eight McDonald’s locations, while five dispatchers worked for about two hours. “After extensive response by numerous officers from various agencies, no caller or victim was located and the call was considered a hoax,” reported Pruitt. …
The prank calls seemed to come from a series of different phone numbers, though it appears the numbers were “spoofed” to hide the actual number from which the calls were placed. Still, the prank calls were traced to Seckar’s Skype account through an analysis of phone records and subpoenaed account information from Skype and Yahoo.
In the end, it was Seckar who was the sucker.
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