Tyler Barriss, the Kansas SWATter, sentenced to 20 years in the Federal Pen

The Feds don't parole, though apparently he might get time off for good behavior. Even so, there's lots of other jurisdictions looking to press charges against him, including Canada. With a little luck, this guy might never see a free day outside of prison again, and just maybe that will serve as a deterrent to other people who like to pull shit like this.

Considering he hacked a jail phone and made threats via Twitter while he was being held, he hasn't yet undergone sufficient attitude adjustment to make him a likely candidate for 'good behavior'. A few years in prison will perform some adjustment, I'm pretty confident of that.

To recap, two people, not including Barriss, were playing Call of Duty on the Xbox network and had a wager of $1.35. After the match ended, apparently the loser didn't want to pay. An argument ensued, one threatened to have the other SWATted. The other, who lived in Wichita, provided an old address. The address was provided to Barriss, he called the Wichita police department and claimed to have killed his parents and was about to kill others at that address. The SWAT team was dispatched, Andrew Finch answered the door and came out to see what was going on, and shortly the 28 year old and blameless father of two was shot dead by police. He had nothing to do with this Call of Duty argument and was unknown to the three people involved and had made no threatening gestures to the law enforcement officers.

The shooting was investigated by the District Attorney and charges were not filed against the officer who fired the fatal round.

The two Xbox players, from Ohio and Wichita, have also been arrested and are facing charges.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/man-behind-fatal-swatting-gets-20-years/


Sadly, the death of Andrew Finch isn't the worst of it. His niece witnessed his killing, and a year later she took her life. And there's more. Her boyfriend found her, and he also killed himself.

So Barriss killed three people with that phone call.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-suicides-directly-related-to-deadly-swatting-hoax-victims-family-says

Let them eat lemon cake with chocolate frosting!

This was the cake that I made for the potluck Friday night. It came out great, with a minor problem. I was able to get a bag of Meyer lemons, and I love the subtle lemon flavor they give, and by including the zest you have these occasional texture/flavor bombs. Russet wants a stronger flavor, we'll see what I do the next time I make it. Next time I'm going to try halving the recipe and making it in 6" forms.

My main problem was I overbaked it a bit. I have three 9" pans, one is shiny but the other two are dark. And dark pans bake faster. So it was a little over done. So I need to be a little more diligent the next time I bake one. I had to make four adjustments for altitude, but that wasn't difficult: I have a book called Pie In The Sky by Susan Purdy, I found a similar recipe for a standard flour/sugar/butter cake and took her adjustments for a 9,000' cake and the cake rose perfectly.

The chipotle chicken did not survive the potluck, even though I failed to bring the taco shells and didn't bring tomatoes, and the chili was very well received. I had a quart or so left over that we're enjoying, it'll last another day or so, I think I'll do some Frito Pie tonight, I've got lots of shredded cheddar cheese.

Best part of the potluck (aside from some excellent rolled chicken enchiladas): found three young people interested in gaming! Excellent chance I might even be able to get an RPG campaign going as they all work at the solar telescope!


Cake recipe under the cut
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