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As it turned out, Weezy was the latest high-profile victim of "swatting." It's a practice that's been around at least since 2007, according to the FBI, and involves getting a fake response out of law enforcement for the hell of it. So far, celebrities like Russell Brand, Ashton Kutcher, and Justin Bieber have been targets. The tactic is popular among the denizens of 4Chan and various other online subcultures, although it's now mainstream enough that the detectives in Law and Order: SVU threw around the term in the show's infamously terrible take on GamerGate.Although swatting can have serious consequences, like 18 months in federal prison for one Pennsylvania hacker, or 30 months for a California gamer, it's unclear what punishment this particular perp will face if apprehended. A spokeswoman for the Miami Beach Police Department confirmed that at the time of this posting, no one has been arrested.Follow Allie Conti on Twitter.