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“Not smart”: Philly man goes waaaay too far in revenge on group chat rival


Pleads guilty to some spectacularly bad behavior.

Gabriel's lawyer has given some choice quotes about the case this week, including, "This guy is fortunate as hell to get house arrest" ( Philadelphia Inquirer), "I don’t know what he was thinking. US Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero offered some unsolicited thoughts of her own about fantasy football group chat behavior, saying in a statement, "My advice to keyboard warriors who'd like to avoid federal charges: always think of the potential consequences before you hit 'post' or 'send.'" Over the summer, the US Department of Justice announced that two men, one from Romania and one from Serbia, spent the last several years making fake "swatting" calls to US police and had targeted 101 people, including members of Congress.

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