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A man whose online death threats shut down Ottawa police stations and sent heavily armed officers to locations in opposite ends of the city claims his “stupid” actions were influenced by the Grand Theft Auto video game.
“I did drugs and played a video game,” said Jonathan Tully in a phone call from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, where he’s been held in segregation since his arrest on Feb. 17. “My mind went somewhere else with a video game and I took action with it.”
According to Tully, he played Grand Theft Auto V for four hours while consuming cocaine and ecstasy before being inspired by a mission in the popular game where players are required to blow up the headquarters of the “Federal Investigation Bureau.” The game, which has been criticized for its violence and degrading treatment of women, involves players committing criminal acts ranging from robbery to assaults to kidnapping and murder.
The 23-year-old said his plan was to get back at an ex-girlfriend who dumped him. He created a fake Facebook account in the woman’s name and began posting threats, including menacing messages to his own Facebook account to make it appear like he was a target. The online posts included threats to slash throats, blow up the police station and included details that someone had a loaded handgun and knew where a specific officer worked. Tully then called police to report the threats. The practice is known as “swatting” because it often involves the deployment of heavily armed tactical or SWAT officers to hoax reports.
At first, Tully thought the prank would be “funny.” But when tactical officers descended with their guns drawn at his Kanata housing complex he realized he had gone way too far.
“I wasted the cops’ time. Somebody could have been dying out there in an emergency and they are paying attention to my house,” said Tully, who quit school in Grade 11 after being expelled.
Thirty-seven officers responded to the threats and police stations across the city were locked down. The woman whose name he used was arrested at her workplace in Orléans before police contacted Facebook and a phone company and realized the online threats were issued from a Wi-Fi account connected to Tully.
Tully says he wants the public to know he is sorry for the fear he caused.
“I want the city to know it had nothing to do with the city and it had nothing to do with the police,” he said. “It had to do with me being stupid.”
Tully said he is embarrassed by the widespread media coverage his stunt received.
“My mom won’t even come see me now,” said Tully.
Tully is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to making threats and mischief. Tully said prosecutors intend to seek 18 to 24 months in jail, while his lawyer will ask for a 12- to 15-month sentence. Tully said he hopes to serve his sentence in the St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre where he can receive treatment for his schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
It won’t be his first stint in jail. Tully has prior convictions for threatening both a probation officer and a hospital.
He returns to court June 22.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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“I did drugs and played a video game,” said Jonathan Tully in a phone call from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, where he’s been held in segregation since his arrest on Feb. 17. “My mind went somewhere else with a video game and I took action with it.”
According to Tully, he played Grand Theft Auto V for four hours while consuming cocaine and ecstasy before being inspired by a mission in the popular game where players are required to blow up the headquarters of the “Federal Investigation Bureau.” The game, which has been criticized for its violence and degrading treatment of women, involves players committing criminal acts ranging from robbery to assaults to kidnapping and murder.
The 23-year-old said his plan was to get back at an ex-girlfriend who dumped him. He created a fake Facebook account in the woman’s name and began posting threats, including menacing messages to his own Facebook account to make it appear like he was a target. The online posts included threats to slash throats, blow up the police station and included details that someone had a loaded handgun and knew where a specific officer worked. Tully then called police to report the threats. The practice is known as “swatting” because it often involves the deployment of heavily armed tactical or SWAT officers to hoax reports.
At first, Tully thought the prank would be “funny.” But when tactical officers descended with their guns drawn at his Kanata housing complex he realized he had gone way too far.
“I wasted the cops’ time. Somebody could have been dying out there in an emergency and they are paying attention to my house,” said Tully, who quit school in Grade 11 after being expelled.
Thirty-seven officers responded to the threats and police stations across the city were locked down. The woman whose name he used was arrested at her workplace in Orléans before police contacted Facebook and a phone company and realized the online threats were issued from a Wi-Fi account connected to Tully.
Tully says he wants the public to know he is sorry for the fear he caused.
“I want the city to know it had nothing to do with the city and it had nothing to do with the police,” he said. “It had to do with me being stupid.”
Tully said he is embarrassed by the widespread media coverage his stunt received.
“My mom won’t even come see me now,” said Tully.
Tully is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to making threats and mischief. Tully said prosecutors intend to seek 18 to 24 months in jail, while his lawyer will ask for a 12- to 15-month sentence. Tully said he hopes to serve his sentence in the St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre where he can receive treatment for his schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
It won’t be his first stint in jail. Tully has prior convictions for threatening both a probation officer and a hospital.
He returns to court June 22.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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