Exactly!
Just when the world couldnāt get any stupider.
Five students at Assumption University face criminal charges after police say they lured a man to campus in a plot inspired by the TV series āTo Catch a Predator.ā
Police say the plot was not only inspired by the show but also a recent TikTok trend copying it.
According to police, on Oct. 1, Assumption University student Kelsy Brainard, 18, was messaging the victim on the dating app Tinder. After the conversation turned sexual, her friends orchestrated the plot to lure the 22-year-old man to campus and ambush him, according to police.
Court documents state campus video shows Brainard leading the man to a basement lounge and then watching TV with him. Then nearly 30 students began confronting him, preventing him from leaving, and one underaged student can be seen assaulting him, police said.
Police said Brainard is seen laughing before the man escapes, and the mob of students chases him to his car. At that point, police said one of the students assaulted him using a car door. That student is identified as Kevin Carroll, 18, and is facing assault and battery charges.
The 22-year-old victim immediately reported this to Worcester police, which began the monthslong investigation.
Brainard, the woman at the center of the incident, is facing an intimidation charge for misleading police.
Brainard, Carroll, Isabella Trudeau, 18, Joaquin Smith, 18, and Easton Randall, 19, all face kidnapping and conspiracy charges.
Officers said there is no indication the victim was looking to meet underage girls.
āA review of Tinder messages shared by Ms. Brainard and the victim is negative for any indication that the subject was looking for underage girls to meet,ā according to Assumption University police, adding, āthe information Brainard was providing was not factual but falsification and lies."
Students on campus said they received an email about the incident a couple of days ago and are shocked.
āIāve seen on social media stuff like that, but I would never imagine it happening right here at my school, but um, thatās the first I heard of that,ā said freshman Tiger An.
Assumption University released a statement, saying in part, āOur public safety team, in concert with other University departments, commenced an immediate and thorough investigation ā with concern for the victim at the forefront ā which resulted in the charges filed against the students ā¦ā
The victimās father said he is currently serving in the Army and was deployed overseas days after the ambush at the university.
There are a ton of these dudes catching predators on Youtube for clicks.
In this case they ātrappedā a 22-year-old trying to hook up with an 18-year-old.
Seems like they made a badā¦assumption.
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I say this too but sooner or later Iām going to get lazy and pay the price.
Given how different kids of the Internet Age are from us old prehistoric farts, I canāt even conceive of what the generation being born now into the Ai Age will be like over the next 20 years.
Zuck has the Trump white eyes tan now. god do i hate this guy.
Can someone explain why there are so many ads for games with so many celebrities in them? Spice Girls ok but Samuel L. Jackson got nothing better to do? The games promise money. Are they linked to gambling or scams or what?
well, they paid them a lot of money is why
yeah itās a trend, that and someone playing the game like absolute shit PLAY THIS GAME NOW
no that doesnāt appeal to me, celebs donāt either but I aināt the target audience.
All he had to do was whip Elonās ass or mercilessly taunt him for chickening out and weād be like āat least he humiliated Elonā. But no, not even that.
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Where does the money come from? Ads from former Twitter advertisers?
Those mobile games must pay a shitload. The Monopoly Go commercial has Chris Pratt, Jason Momoa, Keke Palmer, and Will Ferrell. I canāt imagine that group is hard up for cash.
A year or two ago John Goodman was in a Slotomania commercial.
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Waitā¦ what was the plot then?
Isnt the whole point to catch people who are perving on kids?
I somehow had never seen or heard of this. Found someone uploaded 9 eps pn YT and just watched the pilot and loved it. Thanks!
Egg salad sandwich is more than ok! I do a couple or a few per year. Chopped up boiled eggs, mayo, touch of mustard, some other bits ānā bobs, whatever you fancy. I like super finely chopped veggie bits - celery/cucumber typically. Little fine crunch. Legit.
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Boy do I have a tool for you.
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I love the fact this guyās name is Vince Offer
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I think the college kids got a little carried away. I guess if the girl had said she was 17 on Tinder then the guy would be in big trouble.