WORCRESTER, MA - Kidnapping and conspiracy charges against five Assumption University students in a "To Catch a ...

A judge has dismissed conspiracy and kidnapping charges against five Massachusetts college students accused of attempting to lure a man as part of a "To Catch a Predator" trend on social media.

Read full article: Springing into the Weekend ... campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on social media. The Assumption University students ...

The Assumption University students, all teenagers, were accused of seizing the man as part of a "Catch a Predator" trend on ... to be a recording of the whole episode,” the police statement ...

The man says “that's fine, you're in college.” Randall had told officers they were inspired by the “catch a predator” trend, which he said “is big on TikTok." He said their group shared ...

Campus surveillance video shows a large group of students, including the woman, “all with their cellphones out in what seems to be a recording of the whole episode,” the police statement said.