In a release, DOJ officials said that the man — Alan Filion, 18 — admitted to making over 375 swatting and threat calls between August 2022 and January 2024.

Deputies with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI are set to hold a meeting Wednesday to help parents and guardians on how to keep their children safe from the internet.

Law enforcement in Flagler County has dealt with “swatting” calls made to schools, specifically toward the end of the 2023-24 school year.

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly announced an 11-year-old was arrested in connection with a series of “swatting” threats made this year against several schools.

Flagler County Schools said beginning Monday, May 20, if parents kept their children out of school in light of the events last week, it will be marked as an administrative excused absence.

Flagler County deputies responded Friday to a middle school targeted by a threatening phone call for a fourth day in a row, according to the sheriff’s office.

Addressing parents directly, the sheriff’s office said it understands their concerns and is working with Flagler Schools to provide updates “as this caller continues to disrupt school operations.”

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office is investigating fake emergency calls that prompted a law enforcement response to two schools.

A fake 911 call led Volusia deputies to surround a Deltona home over the weekend. The sheriff called it a scary moment for homeowners and deputies in a trend called "swatting" that is becoming more and more common.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., claimed that his Naples home was “swatted” while he and his wife were out having dinner.

A spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the country for months, raising concerns among law enforcement and elected leaders.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies in Volusia County said they have received multiple fake “swatting” calls in the last week. Swatting might be similar to the prank calls you might have made as a child but the difference is this prank call can put people’s life at risk, according to authorities. According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, a fake swatting call was made around 10 p.m. Wednesday night. One man was even killed by police in his Kansas home after becoming the victim of a swatting prank in December 2017. Swatting found its way into the public eye after celebrities like Ashton Kutcher, Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian fell victim to similar swatting attacks.