An 11-year-old boy in Virginia made the swatting calls that disrupted Flagler County Schools toward the end of the last school year, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
The child admitted to making all the threatening calls in Flagler County as well as making a threatening a call to the Maryland state government.
The child also had videos of animals being killed and said he was being paid in cryptocurrency to make swatting calls, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said.
He told deputies that every news report about his swatting was a trophy to him.
He was arrested and charged with 14 felony counts of false reports and other felony charges.
He is being held in Virginia in a juvenile detention facility and he will be extradited to Florida to face the charges.
Swatting calls disrupted end of school year in Flagler County
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