A 18-year-old teenager in Los Angeles County was sentenced to two years in prison on Feb. 11 after admitting to making hundreds of "swatting calls" in which he made false reports of bomb and mass shooting threats at different locations around the United States.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Alan W. Filion admitted in a plea agreement to carrying out calls targeting public places such as high schools, colleges and religious institutions. During his plea agreement, Filion admitted of making more than 375 fake calls between August 2022 and January 2024. Federal prosecutors said he intended for the fake calls to result in major emergency responses by law enforcement.
