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UPPER GRAND LAGOON, Fla. – A 14-year-old Florida <\/a>boy was arrested after he told investigators he made a series of swatting calls, including one incident involving Six Flags Magic Mountain in California. The teen also admitted to setting a vehicle on fire at a towing business near his home, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n Florida teen swatting and arson arrest <\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n The investigation began with a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n BCSO investigators followed a digital trail that led to a home on Amy Lane near Panama City Beach.<\/p>\n On Sept. 15, BCSO SWAT, investigators, Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI executed a search warrant at the home.<\/p>\n Investigators said the teen, who is not being named due to his age, admitted to using the online name “Lenny” and participating in a swatting group.<\/p>\n Swatting incidents and vehicle fire\u00a0 <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n According to investigators, the teen admitted to making several swatting calls, including one targeting a neighboring home. The caller falsely reported that someone had been shot, a bomb was present and hostages were inside.<\/p>\n Investigators also said the teen admitted to participating in swatting incidents involving Six Flags Magic Mountain in California and a school in Ohio.<\/p>\n The teen reportedly told investigators he was paid in cryptocurrency to make swatting calls for other people.<\/p>\n Investigators also accused the teen of setting a vehicle on fire at Discount Towing on Traina Lane in May.<\/p>\n Seven vehicles were damaged in the fire, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n Investigators said the 14-year-old admitted to setting the fire because “he was bored.”<\/p>\n The teen was charged with five counts of arson and two counts of false reports concerning planting a bomb, explosive or weapon of mass destruction.<\/p>\n The investigation remains ongoing, and the sheriff’s office said additional charges are possible.<\/p>\n The Source: The information in this story was provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n Florida<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Bay County Sheriff’s Office UPPER GRAND LAGOON, Fla. – A 14-year-old Florida boy was arrested after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[630,47,28,30,29,115,628],"class_list":["post-408330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}