Swatting is the practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large ...
Alan W. Filion, 18, of California, called in false reports of bombings and mass shootings across the country, the authorities ...
A California teen has pleaded guilty to making "hundreds" of swatting calls in the state of Florida, the Department of ...
A Lancaster teen accused of making hundreds of swatting calls and offer swatting-for-a-fee services pleaded guilty as part of ...
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, ...
About 30 officers responded to the scene but found no threat. Such threats are known as “swatting,” a harassment tactic where people contact law enforcement to make a false report of an ongoing ...
The teenager was mostly underage at the time of the calls, but he faces up to five years for each of the four charges.