'Serial swatter': 18-year-old pleads guilty to making nearly 400 bomb threats, mass shooting calls
An 18-year-old in California has pleaded guilty to making hundreds of swatting calls across the U.S., the Department of Justice says.
'Swatter-for-hire' pleads guilty to 4 counts, including 2 Florida threats
So-called "swatter-for-hire" Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty to calling in bomb and shooting threats, including two in Florida in 2023.
California teen ‘serial swatter’ pleads guilty to making interstate threats
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.
California Teen Pleads Guilty In Florida To Making Hundreds Of 'Swatting' Calls Across U.S.
Federal prosecutors say a California teenager pleaded guilty in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque, among other institutions and individuals.
California teen pleads guilty to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US
A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said.
Teen 'serial swatter' behind hundreds of hoax threats across U.S. pleads guilty
Alan Filion, 18, became a “serial swatter” for profit and entertainment and made more than 375 swatting and threat calls, federal officials say.
Teen pleads guilty in hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls: DOJ
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.
Dozens of Minnesota election offices received bomb threat emails
Bomb threats were sent to the email inboxes of more than a hundred election offices across the country after the election.
Teen pleads guilty to making nearly 400 bomb threats, mass shooting calls
LANCASTER, Calif. (WKRC) - Teen pleads guilty to making nearly 400 swatting calls across the nation. The Department of ...
NY agencies receive bomb threats following seizure, euthanasia of Peanut the Squirrel
It has not been announced that the bomb threats correlate with the seizure and euthanasia of Peanut the Squirrel.
How hoax bomb threats on India flights have skyrocketed
Over 500 bomb threats were made to flights in India in October, affecting hundreds of domestic and international routes.
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Hoax bomb threats sent to at least 32 Pa. counties on Election Day, police say
At least 32 Pennsylvania counties, including some of the commonwealth’s most populous, received Election Day bomb threats that interrupted voting in some places and delayed ballot counting ...
Bomb threats made against more than half of Minnesota county election offices, state says
Election offices in over half of Minnesota’s 87 counties have received bomb threats since Friday, Secretary of State Steve ...
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Local boards of elections safe after emailed bomb threats
The State Board of Elections is coordinating with federal officials after 15 local boards of elections received bomb ...
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Election offices in over half of Minnesota counties have received bomb threats since Friday, secretary of state's office says
MINNEAPOLIS — Dozens of election offices in Minnesota have received bomb threats since Friday, the Minnesota secretary of ...
Bomb threats, bad ballot scanners and a rogue precinct judge: Election Day in Pennsylvania
Secretary of State Al Schmidt said of the bomb threats, "Our voters are not going to be intimidated" after threats were sent ...
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More than half of Minnesota county election offices have received bomb threats
Election offices in more than half of the state’s counties have received emailed bomb threats since Nov. 8, according to ...
Bomb threats made to several Maryland Board of Elections sites Friday, police investigating
BALTIMORE -- Several Maryland Board of Elections evacuated on Friday after receiving bomb threats via email, according to ...
Bomb Threats Continue to Hit Vote Counting Sites Across Southern California
As ballots continue to be counted, closely watched races continue to flip, including one in Orange County and another in Los ...