Kya Christian Nelson, 23, pled guilty to participating in a scheme that hacked Ring doorbell cameras to execute a series of swatting incidents across California. This took place in November 2020 when Nelson and accomplices accessed homeowners' cameras by stealing credentials from their Yahoo email accounts. The perpetrators made false emergency calls, leading to armed police responses, during which Nelson mocked law enforcement via the cameras. These actions not only endangered lives but also caused significant public distress and resource diversion.
During one of the swatting incidents, the West Covina Police Department received a call from someone who pretended to be a minor, triggering an armed response.
Nelson accessed a Ring account and livestreamed threats to police while officers evacuated homes at gunpoint, causing widespread panic.
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