California teen extradited to Florida is believed to be serial ‘swatter’

Alan Filion, 17, facing felony charges over allegedly faking call to send armed police to mosque, may have been active since 2021

A California teen has been extradited to Florida and is believed to be a serial “swatter” behind hundreds of swatting incidents and bomb threats called in across the US.

Alan Filion, 17, was transported from Orange county, California, to Seminole, central Florida, on Tuesday, where he faces three felonies and a misdemeanor charge in connection to the swatting of a local mosque, according to the Seminole county state attorney’s office, Wired first reported.

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