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California data for October 2011 to Jan. 1, 2013, show a 65% increase in warrants for those who were tracked by GPS units and went missing.
By Paige St. John 

The increase in fugitive sex offenders in California since the state changed key prison policies is more than double that previously believed, according to data released Wednesday by corrections officials.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Pranksters could soon pay the price—literally—for “swatting” celebrity homes.

A bill introduced by state Sen. Ted Lieu, which passed the State Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday, would help curb the bogus 911 calls by ordering guilty culprits to pay the thousands of dollars ($10,000) associated with the incident.

“This is just one piece of the puzzle,” said Lieu, who hopes the bill becomes law in September. “We’re gonna need a lot of other things to happen to mitigate this problem such as having better technology.”

By Dennis Romero

Swatting has hit the homes of Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Ashton Kutcher, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and others. And, while it probably is pretty funny to the braces-wearing little buttheads who dial 911 with app-enabled masked numbers to report that their favorite celeb is being kidnapped, it does end up costing taxpayers thousands of dollars for LAPD cops, Beverly Hills police and L.A. sheriff's deputies to swarm these mansions.