The police chief said his officers were there within a minute and found 39-year-old James McCarty. Authorities said McCarty tried to run away but was arrested moments later.

Kya Nelson and James McCarty are accused of using hacked Yahoo email information to gain access to Ring accounts and then ‘swatting’ residents with hoax calls to the police.

Two men broke into a dozen Ring home security camera accounts across the U.S., placed bogus emergency calls to police, then livestreamed officers’ armed responses on social media, authorities ...

Neighbors and property records say the home belongs to the mother of convicted sex offender James McCarty. ... McCarty was arrested while trying to get into South Elementary School armed with a knife.

Authorities say that Kya Christian Nelson, 21, of Racine, Wisconsin, and James Thomas Andrew McCarty, 20, of Charlotte, North Carolina, went on a “swatting spree” in November 2020, carrying ...

James McCarty has served as a member of the Methuen City Council since 2018. In 2020, McCarty became the youngest person to serve as the Chair at the age of 27, according to the Eagle Tribune.