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

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

An 18-year-old from Lancaster has pleaded guilty to making hundreds of calls falsely threatening to conduct shootings or detonate bombs at public facilities.

A teen has pleaded guilty in hundreds of so-called “swatting” calls across the U.S., the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. The DOJ said Wednesday that Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster,

A Lancaster teen accused of making hundreds of swatting calls and offer swatting-for-a-fee services pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement.

Swatting is the practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.

Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today in Florida to four counts of making interstate threats, admitting to a spree of hoax calls that terrorized schools, religious institutions, and individuals across the U.

Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person

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,