LANCASTER, Calif. (WKRC) - Teen pleads guilty to making nearly 400 swatting calls across the nation. The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that an 18-year-old California resident has pleaded guilty to making hundreds of swatting calls.

Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Road, photographed on Jan. 9, 2022, was one of hundreds of schools targeted by threats by Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California. (Jonathan Brunt/The Spokesman-Review)

A California teenager pleaded guilty to charges after allegedly phoning in hundreds of false bomb and mass shooting threats to schools, religious institutions and government officials across the nation,

So-called "swatter-for-hire" Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty to calling in bomb and shooting threats, including two in Florida in 2023.

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 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. Alan Filion, 18, of Lancaster,

A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said.

Alan W. Filion, 18, of California, called in false reports of bombings and mass shootings across the country, the authorities said.

Alan Filion, 18, became a “serial swatter” for profit and entertainment and made more than 375 swatting and threat calls, federal officials say.

An 18-year-old in California has pleaded guilty to making hundreds of swatting calls across the U.S., the Department of Justice says.