A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said. Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster ...

Lancaster teenager Alan Winston Filion pleaded guilty Wednesday to making hundreds of “swatting” calls targeting religious ...

The teenager was mostly underage at the time of the calls, but he faces up to five years for each of the four charges.

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

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

Shelby County Schools said officials became aware that a threat had been made of a weapon in the area of Rocket Lane.

Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today in Florida to four counts of making interstate threats, admitting ...

Alan Filion, believed to have operated under the handle “Torswats,” admitted to making more than 375 fake threats against schools, places of worship, and government buildings around the United States.

A California man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Florida to making hundreds of “swatting” calls across the United States, ...