Alan Winston Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California was sentenced to 4 years in prison for making the threat in May 2023 ...

An 18-year-old Californian, who made hundreds of swatting calls against places of worship and education for profit and fun, ...

Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, Calif., pleaded guilty to making false threats of mass violence, which prosecutors said ...

A Lancaster teen was sentenced Tuesday to 4 years in prison for making interstate threats to injure the person of another.

An 18-year-old California man who terrorized communities across the United States with hundreds of "swatting" calls has been ...

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A Lancaster teen was sentenced to four years in prison after making more than 375 hoax calls. Authorities said he was also a ...

A California teen who called in more than 375 swatting and threat calls around the country, including Florida, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Calling Alan W. Filion “a serial swatter for both profit and recreation,” prosecutors said he posted about his swatting ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California teenager was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison in a case involving hundreds of swatting calls, including to a Florida mosque among other institutions and ...

Snow, sleet and freezing rain were expected to continue pummeling the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic states Wednesday, while California readied for a storm that could flood areas ravaged by the ...

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