One of the threats caused a lockdown at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley. Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Florida to four ...

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

Alan W. Filion, 18, of California, called in false reports of bombings and mass shootings across the country, the authorities ...

A California teenager accused of being a "serial swatter" faces up to 20 years in prison for making interstate threats after ...

LANCASTER, Calif. (WKRC) - Teen pleads guilty to making nearly 400 swatting calls across the nation. The Department of ...

A teen has pleaded guilty in hundreds of so-called “swatting” calls across the U.S., the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

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

An 18-year-old in California has pleaded guilty to making hundreds of swatting calls across the U.S., the Department of ...

A California teen has pleaded guilty to making "hundreds" of swatting calls in the state of Florida, the Department of ...

Alan Winston Filion now faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each of four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another, according to the United States ...

Swatting is the practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large ...