On November 9, he called a regional suicide avoidance hotline in Skagit County and stated he was going to “shoot up the school” and had an AR-15 for the function.

In April, he called the regional cops department– two times– threatening school violence and requiring $1,000 in monero (a cryptocurrency) to make the dangers stop.

In May, he contacted hazards to 20 more public high schools throughout the state of Washington, and he ended a number of the calls with “the sound of automatic gunfire.” Much of the schools carried out lockdowns in action.

To get a sense of how disruptive this was, theorize this sort of habits throughout the country. Filion made comparable calls to Iowa high schools, organizations in Florida, spiritual organizations, historic black institution of higher learnings, civilians, members of Congress, cabinet-level members of the executive branch, heads of numerous federal police, a minimum of one United States senator, and “a former President of the United States.”

Who, me?

On July 15, 2023, the FBI in fact browsed Filion’s home in Lancaster, California, and spoke with both Filion and his dad. Filion proclaimed overall bafflement about why they may be there. High schools in Washington state? Filion responded that he “did not understand what the agents were talking about.”

His daddy, who appears to have actually been uninformed of his boy’s activity, chimed in to mention that the household had really been a current victim of knocking! (The self-swattings did double task here, likewise serving to make Filion appear like a victim, not the ringleader.)

When the FBI representatives informed the Filions that it was in fact Alan who had actually made those contact his own address, Alan “falsely denied any involvement.”

Remarkably, when the feds entrusted the proof from their search, Alan went back to knocking. It was not till January 18, 2024, that he was lastly apprehended.

He ultimately pled guilty and signed a prolonged declaration describing the criminal offenses stated above. The other day, he was sentenced to 48 months in federal jail.