Teenager arrested for making suicide threat to Blizzard rep : World of Warcraft General Discussions

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In a sad bit of news to start the new year, it would appear that a teenager in Fairfield Township, Ohio, was taken into custody yesterday for falsely claiming that he would commit suicide if a Register to unlock hidden link support representative did not give in to his request. The young man, who remains nameless due to being underage, was arrested for "inducing panic" which carries a first-degree misdemeanor charge Register to unlock hidden link.

The young man was chatting with a Blizzard rep and made the statement that he was "suicidal and that the game was the only thing that he had to live for." Whether or not this was Register to unlock hidden link or a Register to unlock hidden link account was not disclosed, but even still, it has raised the question in a few circles if Blizzard was beyond the bounds in bringing the police into this situation - or why the police might arrest someone for it.

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Author: Krystalle Voecks
Category: blizzardcompany-policycsrcustomer-servicefalse-alarmfeaturedlegal-repercussionsopinionpolicesuicidesuicide-threatthreatthreats
Publish Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:00:00 EST
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