A Commerce Township man has been charged in connection with allegedly faking a crime to get police to rush to a scene in Wayne County.

Devin O’Leary, 34, allegedly called and said he had “just killed everyone in the house” in September, according to a Thursday press release from the Canton Public Safety Department.

He allegedly targeted a victim and gave the dispatchers their address to bring first responders to their house, Canton Township Police Chief Chad Baugh told The Detroit News.

O’Leary was arraigned Sunday at the 36th District Court, where Magistrate Ramsey Heath set his bond at $50,000, according to the release. He was charged for filing a false report of a felony, which is a felony, Baugh said.

Online court records show O’Leary was also recently charged and arraigned for malicious use of a telephone, which is a misdemeanor. That separate case, for which O’Leary had an outstanding warrant prior to his arrest, may have been targeting the same victim, Baugh said.

The Canton Township police dispatch center sent police last month to the identified residence in the call and determined the report was a swatting call, in which someone calls 911 to report a fake, serious crime and rush first responders to the scene.

Canton police detectives identified O’Leary as the suspected prank caller and arrested him on Oct. 3.

“I commend the outstanding response of our police officers and investigators who worked on this case,” Canton Police Chief Chad Baugh said in the release. “We are committed to utilizing all available resources to identify those responsible for disrupting public safety services through ‘swatting’ incidents. We appreciate the Wayne Count Prosecutor’s Office’s continued efforts to issue the necessary charging documents and hold individuals accountable for these crimes.”

Online court records as of Friday did not list a lawyer as currently representing O’Leary.

His next court hearing will be on Oct. 18.

Detroit police said in August that they were investigating two swatting calls targeting Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

Another swatting attack targeted former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers and his family at their Holly Township home in August.

Election officials and election offices in Michigan and across the country are now bracing for threats ahead of the November elections, the Associated Press reported.