In 2015 a black man, Terrance D. Fox of Shannon St., Schenectady, NY, was falsely arrested.
Mr. Fox was notified by Twitter that his account, with 100,000 followers, was hacked by a Russian group, and a police bait picture was uploaded onto it. The account was taken down by Twitter.
The photo was sent to the authorities. This caused a police swat team to raid Mr. Fox's home.
As the police searched his home and computer, for incriminating evidence, Mr. Fox was wrongfully detained, and sat at the station waiting.
Upon completion of the search, he was informed that nothing incriminating was found.
An officer then scrolled through an IPad and uploaded a picture of a police female pretending to be underage(bait picture), saying she was 14 years old.
The officer falsely charged Mr. Fox with possessing and uploading this picture onto his Twitter account.
Judge set bail at $25,000, which Mr. Fox refused to pay, and was sent to county jail until next court appearance, 3 days later.
When Mr. Fox returned, the judge released Mr. Fox on his own recognizance.
After months of court appearances, the D.A. finally dropped the charges and completely expunged without restrictions.
Mr. Fox was a victim of internet/computer swatting and should have never been arrested.
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