A Washington man was sentenced to three years in prison for making 20 false bomb and shooting reports in “swatting” attacks across several U.S. states and Canada, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of extortion, and two counts of threats and hoaxes regarding explosives. At his sentencing Tuesday, Garcia said, “I knew what I was doing was wrong…. I just didn’t realize the trauma I was causing.” “Swatting is cruel. It is uncivilized. It is the willful terrorizing of other human beings,” U.S. …
