A Bungie executive had a rough morning yesterday when a police chopper descended on the street outside his home, while armed cops surrounded his home. Someone had called in to report that he had an assault rifle, had planted explosives in his yard and held his family hostage.
Nothing of this was true of course, and someone had wasted tax money in a so called "swatting". When police managed to wake up the Bungie executive, he showed up in a bathrobe to set things straight. According to the local Komo News, the police believes the crime has ties to the video game community and Deputy Jason Houck from the King County Sheriff's Office said:
"Maybe a contractor for his work or someone at his work who didn't have a great experience with him [made the call]."
Thanks, Kotaku.