A California teenager has admitted to making hundreds of swatting calls - hoax emergency calls - over a two-year period, creating "fear and chaos" when police responded to his false reports of bomb threats and mass shootings at schools,

A Southern California teenager has pleaded guilty to swatting and calling in more than 375 threats against religious institutions, schools, and other organizations across the country. Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty to four counts of making interstate ...

A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said.

A California teenager accused of being a "serial swatter" faces up to 20 years in prison for making interstate threats after pleading guilty in federal court on Wednesday.

So-called "swatter-for-hire" Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty to calling in bomb and shooting threats, including two in Florida in 2023.

Federal prosecutors say a California teenager pleaded guilty in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque, among other institutions and individuals.

Alan Filion, 18, became a “serial swatter” for profit and entertainment and made more than 375 swatting and threat calls, federal officials say.

A teen has pleaded guilty to placing hundreds of “swatting” calls across the U.S., the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. The department said Wednesday that Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, Calif., “pleaded guilty today to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another.