NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE. DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTIES INVESTIGATE A SWATTING CALL THAT TARGETED AN ELKHORN HOME. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M BILL SCHAMMERT. I’M QUANECIA FRASER. THE SHERIFF’S ...

They called the incident swatting, in which a threatening call is made to prompt a SWAT response. Students were released later Wednesday afternoon, much to the relief of many parents who came to ...

WORCESTER ― A "swatting" incident over the weekend resulted in about 17 police officers responding to a home on Moore Avenue. The call came in Sunday morning, just after midnight. “It looks ...

STONEHAM - Goaltender Lydia Barnes faced an onslaught Thursday night as her No. 6 Methuen Red Rangers took on the No. 3 Malden Catholic Lancers in the Division I state quarterfinals. Barnes ...

A student at Jones College Prep said police with “big guns” searched room by room after the school received an emailed threat Wednesday afternoon. No threat was found. Anthony Vazquez/Sun ...

A Southern California teenager was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for making hundreds of "swatting" calls and threats to conduct shootings or detonate bombs against religious ...

What police believe was a swatting incident disrupted the school day at Jones College Prep in Chicago's South Loop Wednesday afternoon. At 2:05 p.m., the high school at 700 S. State St. received ...

A Lancaster teen accused of making hundreds of swatting calls and offering swatting-for-a-fee services was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison. Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty in November ...

METHUEN — Last fiscal year, the city spent roughly $103 million on vendors, ranging from school transportation to solid waste disposal. That fact is not courtesy of an investigation into records ...

Bethlehem, NY — In a coordinated effort, authorities have arrested two teenagers in connection with the "swatting" incidents at Bethlehem Central High School that took place in late 2024.

The calls —commonly called swatting in online communities — were made between August 2022 and January 2024. Calling Filion “a serial swatter for both profit and recreation,” the DOJ said ...

An 18-year-old from California was sentenced to four years in prison for making over 375 swatting calls across the US Alan W. Filion, operating under the name "Torswats," targeted religious ...