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19 Dec

Swatting call results in massive police response at Ford's



Greater than a dozen Lakeland law enforcement officials swarmed Ford’s Garage Monday afternoon after a caller told 911 that an energetic shooter was contained in the restaurant. Officers said it ended up being a prank referred to as swatting.

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32 Comments
  • DrNocturn

    Ain’t nobody going to talk about the way he wears the AirPods????????????????????

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • randy philip

    swatting is very good to destroy america

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Andrew Burgess-Linden

    I don't condone swatting, I believe its a disgusting thing to do and those responsible should be charged. However, all of these swatting incidents could have been avoided if the police actually investigated the situation first before calling in the SWAT team. There are protocols already in place that need to be followed before calling in a SWAT team.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Everyone is a Zombie wake up

    people make youtube videos saying they are going to kill people cops do nothing but if its fake they do something . i call bs i think all this swating is done by the police them selfs for some reaason or another beccause there is tons of people that mke youtube videos saaying they will hurt people that are real school shoo ters and they dont respond . here i will name a guy making videos right now saying he will hurt people and the cops dont respond DoctaCanis420 on youtube is aalwaays making videos saying how he wants to kill kids and the policce do nothing ,

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Franko Robinson

    Still goin on 12 years later,if the catch anyone swatting they should receive life no parole.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Todd Parks

    They could have called the restaurant and asked

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Winthrop Baker

    thats florida fun,sun,meth and guns…

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Juota

    Free speech they said

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • j borrego

    The fact ppl know cops kill ppl so easily , that u can call them as ur personal hit man

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Bee Dot

    Good job cops. Yall didnt kill the first person you seen on the scene.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Charla Dianne Albritton

    I'm sure glad it wasn't real! I don't think that's a bit funny to take our city police officers away on a prank call! What if someone really needed them during that time? I love the police! My Daddy was a Lakeland Police Officer from 1946- 1953.I bet the restaurant they were going to was named for Bob Ford who was a really good friend of my Daddy! I don't remember much about it but I went hunting with both of them when I was very small like around 3 or 4. Bob Ford got killed when his tow truck ran over him during the making of the Lakeland Civic Center.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • Jessica Calvano

    I hope they are investigating the phone call. Tracing number & arrest the scum bag that made the prank call.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm
  • yourin8er

    What streamer got swatted

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Charla Dianne Albritton

    The person who did this should be praying that they don't get caught!

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • R House

    If they find him, he will only get a slap on the hand. They hardly punish the pedophiles, they won't do much to him.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Michele Bartlett

    Only a piece of ???? would do something like that

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • The Way-off Grid

    Make swatting a charge of attempted murder, and give 10-20 years to the morons who engage in it…

    Swatting is one persons attempt to take the life of another, using a public service.

    Punishment should be measured in DECADES behind bars.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Robert Kustos

    There would be more than one calling 911 .
    Probably a previous disgruntled customer .

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • David Deal

    Yay!! My Favorite Reporter! Ken Suarez!!

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Lady Wolverine

    As soon as you start putting people in jail and keeping them there……………

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • WILBUR

    THERE needs to be a scammer OFFICER at 911 to catch THESE idiot scammer's

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • A.M.

    more arrests should be made before innocent people get hurt

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • George Devine

    What kind of stupidity is this? What kind of losers have the time to play with the police and people's lives like this? This should be a federal crime and if caught you should be sentenced to over 10 years in prison in the gang unit. Especially in a day and age where there are school and public shootings on a regular basis. These people are losers and deserve a stiff punishment

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Firewater By Design

    You have to be sick in the head to do something like this. Smh

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Michael Roblin

    brutal, poor officers!

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Ryan Torrie

    John Stewart… must be online

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Chris Hemsworth

    They should have the technology to find the Lowlife Criminals.

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • TLC Forever Young

    Hope they're caught

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Sunny Breeze

    They will find him & charge with a felony ????????????????

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • CEWIIH

    Close down Twitter and Reddit and the swatting kids will have to go find jobs instead

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Austin Howells20

    The governor will get in trouble letting bad people in Florida

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
  • Chopps

    Heyyy

    December 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm