Orlando Sentinel29d
Teen gets 4 years in prison for Sanford mosque threat and nationwide swatting spree
Alan Winston Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California admitted in federal court to making the threat against Masjid Al Hayy Mosque. Filion contacted the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and said he ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal28d
Teen ’swatter-for-hire’ who made Florida bomb threats sent to prison. What is swatting?
Here are details of those incidents released by federal prosecutors: On May 12, 2023, about 30 law enforcement officers rushed to the Masjid Al Hayy Mosque in Sanford after receiving a call from a ...
The New York Times1mon
‘Serial Swatter’ Who Made Nearly 400 Threatening Calls Gets 4 Years in Prison
saying that he would commit a mass shooting at the Masjid Al Hayy Mosque. During the call, he played audio of gunfire in the background. Mr. Filion was arrested in California in January 2024 ...
Washington Times29d
California man gets four years in prison for making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls
The target was the Masjid Al Hayy Mosque, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal. He subsequently pleaded guilty to four charges of making interstate threats to injure. In addition to the ...