On October 14, he called a crisis hotline and told them that he had stolen his father's Glock, was in the bathroom of the ...

The teenager became a “serial swatter” and would make social media posts about his “swatting-for-a-fee” services, according to prosecutors. In addition to pleading guilty to the false ...

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 U.S. Department of Justice announces that Callifornia-based teenager Alan W. Filion, currently 18, has pleaded guilty to four counts of 'making interstate threats to injure the person of ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced criminal charges against 30 detention officers accused of orchestrating dozens of "gladiator fights" among underage detainees at a Los Angeles ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swatting is the act of calling the police and reporting that a crime is happening at an address in hopes of drawing out a monumental police response. These pranks calls can be incredibly dangerous ...