A Lancaster teen was sentenced Tuesday to 4 years in prison for making interstate threats to injure the person of another. According to the plea agreement, from approximately August 2022 to January 2024, Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, made over 375 swatting and threat calls, including calls in which he claimed to have planted bombs in the targeted locations ...

On Monday, deputies received reports of a swatting call in Valencia, officials said. Around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Santa Clarita deputies received reports of a traffic collision with possible gunshot victims in the vehicle, allegedly connected to a Valencia address. “It was only a swatting call,” said officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. The supposed shooting had taken ...