"SWAT officers expected to find a victim shot to death, drugs and a
belligerent armed suspect when they surrounded the home of an
unsuspecting couple, but found they were only a part of a false
emergency call caused by a teenager who hacked into the county’s
emergency response system, authorities said.
As officers swarmed the home with assault rifles, dogs and a
helicopter, a Lake Forest couple and their two toddlers inside their
home slept unsuspectingly.
On March 29 at 11:30 p.m., authorities allege, Randall Ellis,
a 19-year-old from Mukilteo, Wash., hacked into the county’s 911 system
from his home and placed a false emergency call, prompting a fully
armed response to the home of an unsuspecting couple that could have
ended tragically.
Thinking that a prowler was roaming his back yard, a resident
of the home, identified only as Doug B. in the district attorney’s
complaint filed in court, walked outside with a kitchen knife as SWAT
officers from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department waited with
assault rifles.
“It was just a horrifying experience,” said Doug B., who
requested not to be identified further. “You think you feel safe in
your own home. We had no idea what was going on.”"
Article Link: http://www.ocregister.com/news/home-emami-county-1894171-ellis-system
