The accused students were all sitting together when Brainard was sending Tinder messages back and forth with the victim "when the idea of Catch a Predator came to mind," Randall later told police.

Six Massachusetts college students are being accused of using the dating app Tinder to lure an unsuspecting man to campus and assault him as part of a “catch a predator” fad on TikTok, police say. The ...

Police reports on the TikTok-inspired “To Catch a Predator” attempt that landed five Assumption University students in court last week shed additional light on how police came to issue charges ...

The Assumption University students were charged with conspiracy and kidnapping. Five Massachusetts college students accused of luring a man to their campus through a Tinder account as part of a ...

16, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) The report also indicated that Randall, one of the students, told officers they were inspired by the “catch a predator” trend, which he said “is big on ...

accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok. The students, all teens at Assumption University ...

Five students at a Massachusetts Christian college made their first court appearances on Thursday, accused of luring an Army soldier onto their campus using a dating app and attacking him in a "To ...

accused of plotting to lure a man through a dating app into visiting campus last fall and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok. The students, all teens at ...