The serial swatter, 18-year-old Alan W. Filion, pleaded guilty to making interstate threats to injure others, which frequently led to massive law enforcement responses and rendered officers ...

A Southern California teenager was sentenced to four years in prison for making threats against religious institutions, schools, and other organizations across the country. Alan W. Filion, 18, was ...

Filion ended up receiving 48 months in prison when he was sentenced Tuesday. "Filion became a serial swatter for both profit and recreation," the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement ...

A California teenager who pleaded guilty to making hoax shooting and bombing threats to institutions around the country will serve four years in federal prison, a judge ruled Tuesday. Alan Filion ...

THE DOJ SAYS SOME OF THE CALLS RESULTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT PULLING OUT THEIR WEAPONS OR DETAINING PEOPLE WHERE FILLION TARGETED HIS THREATS. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND FILION BECAME A “SERIAL SWATTER,” ...

An 18-year-old California man who terrorized communities across the United States with hundreds of “swatting” calls has been sentenced to four years in federal prison. Alan W. Filion, of Lancaster, ...

Here's what we know. A Wired.com investigation said experts believed Filion to be one of the most prolific swatters in American history, operating a service under the name Torswats and claiming ...

LOS ANGELES — A Lancaster teen was sentenced to four years in prison after making more than 375 hoax calls that included threats to detonate bombs, conduct mass shootings and "kill everyone he ...

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Calling Filion “a serial swatter for both profit and recreation,” the DOJ said the teen posted about swatting experience on social media and placed posts advertising his services and swatting ...