

Covington VA –-(Ammoland.com)- As you may recall from last year, Virginia gun owner Robert Dicken went into a 7-11 and was “swatted” by an anti gun activist.
The Fairfax County police stopped Robert on his motorcycle a few blocks away from the 7-11. Fortunately for Robert, the police were very professional and handled the stop without putting Robert’s life in danger by pointing guns at him.
(It helped that Robert carefully complied with all orders.)
Robert’s alleged assailant (for lack of a better word) spent the last 2-1/2 months in jail awaiting his court date, which happened yesterday. The defendant was found not guilty because the Court felt that the police did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the one that made the swatting call, even though he had stated his name on the 9-1-1 recording and had made the call using his girlfriend’s cell phone.
Hopefully the ordeal, nonetheless, will discourage such behavior in the future, which could easily lead to an innocent gun owner being killed.
Recorded 911 Call
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First of all “SWAT” is in capital letters. Secondly, it doesn’t always help to comply with orders. Especially if those giving orders aren’t “professional” and the orders are illegal.
Otherwise good news. I agree with all the comments. Yeah, you couldn’t “prove” it was him on the call. Still….
How could he have been found “not guilty” if he stated his name on the 911 call (it could be voice printed) and the call was made from his girlfriend’s phone? That judge should be kicked off of the bench.
better be with at least 10 years probation he got off too easy. Just like the news reporters that trespass and get released by liberal judges that believe its okay to trespass to make a story of security and got caught.
Perhaps the money and time that would be spent on doing voice print analysis, having expert witness testify, etc etc could be spent elsewhere.
I hope the man files a civil lawsuit against the creep.
Not to mention ALL the dispatchers know him by voice because he calls all the time to complain on the cops. Ridiculous. But knowing courts as I do, there was most likely some unspoken reason the Judge gave him a pass. I understand he has mental health issues.
My question:
Does Robert have the ability to file a civil case against this ‘individual’?
Theory being that if we can’t hit them with jail time, maybe we can hit them in the wallet….