In one of the most prolific “swatting” cases ever prosecuted, a teenage “serial swatter” pleaded guilty Wednesday to making hoax threats to schools, religious institutions and government ...

A Wired.com investigation said experts believed Filion to be one of the most prolific swatters in American ... with the sound of weapons firing in the background, the SCSO said.

Teen 'serial swatter' behind hundreds of hoax threats across U.S. pleads guilty Michael Kosnar and Antonio Planas and Toby Lyles Updated Thu, November 14, 2024 at 3:20 AM UTC ...

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In May of last year, Fillion reportedly called the Seminole County Sheriff's Office to say he was going to commit a mass shooting at a mosque in Sanford, complete with gunfire sound effects in the ...

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The calls were made between August 2022 and January 2024, and on Jan. 18, Filion was arrested in California. Calling Filion “a serial swatter for both profit and recreation,” the DOJ said the teen ...

The serial swatter has targeted everything from religious institutions ... Swatting is when a person falsely reports an emergency to public safety with the intent of getting a “SWAT team” response to ...

Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today in Florida to four counts of making interstate threats, admitting to a spree of hoax calls that terrorized schools, religious ...