Police: chef arrest was ‘swatting’
Hermosa Beach police Adam Perry Lang, a celebrity chef who was arrested at a North Hermosa home in January, was the victim of a “swatting” incident, a false report that drew out police helicopters, tactical vehicles and closed surrounding streets for hours. In a statement released last week, Sgt. Mick Gaglia of the Hermosa Beach Police Department said that investigators had determined that Lang, who had been arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats, was “no longer a suspect” in the matter. The case is being investigated as a swatting, in which someone makes an untrue call about an incident unfolding at a particular location, often with the intent of drawing out a SWAT teams or other heavy police presence. Glen Jonas, a Torrance-based attorney representing Lang, said that his client had been fully exonerated by the investigation. Lang, Jonas said, has no plans to pursue further remedies against Hermosa or its police department. “My client understands that it was an unfortunate situation. He is grateful that the investigation came to the correct result,” Jonas said Monday. Near midnight on the evening of Jan. 26, HBPD officers responded to a home in the 2800 block of Amby…
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