One of two men charged in a swatting spree in which the culprits were accused of gaining access to a dozen Ring home-security door cameras nationwide — including one in West Covina — and placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response that was live streamed on social media pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges.

Kya Christian Nelson, 23, of Racine, Wisconsin, pleaded to three felony charges: conspiracy and two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

Nelson, who is serving time in a Kentucky state prison for an unrelated case, has been in federal custody since August. He is facing up to 15 years in federal prison when he’s sentenced May 1, prosecutors noted.

Nelson and James Thomas Andrew McCarty, 22, of Kayenta, Arizona, were each charged in December 2022 in Los Angeles federal court.

Prosecutors said that for one week in November 2020, Nelson and McCarty gained access to home-security door cameras sold by Ring. They also acquired username and password information for victims’ Yahoo email accounts, the indictment states.

In the West Covina episode, two men accessed the victim’s Yahoo and Ring accounts then placed a hoax call to West Covina police. Prosecutors said the caller posed as a minor child and reported her parents were drinking and shooting guns inside the residence.

The series of nationwide swatting incidents prompted the FBI in late 2020 to issue a public-service announcement urging users of smart home devices with cameras and voice capabilities to use complex, unique passwords and enable two-factor authentication to help protect against swatting attacks.

McCarty was sentenced in June to seven years in federal prison both for his role in this case, and on additional charges in the District of Arizona.