A group of Assumption University students are facing charges for kidnapping and beating soldier after luring him to campus using Tinder in a TikTok trend-inspired attack, emulating the TV series To Catch a Predator.
Assumption University students facing charges of luring soldier, 22, to beating using Tinder ‘This got out of hand and went bad,’ one of the defendant’s allegedly admitted to police.
It was all part of a sting to “to simulate the TikTok fad of luring a sexual predator to a location and subsequently physically assaulting him or calling the police,” police said.
As he fled to his car, the victim was chased by students brandishing their cell phones before allegedly being punched and having his head slammed in the car door, according to a police review of security footage.
Prior to the man’s arrival, student Easton Randall texted a group chat saying “come down here we’re catching a predator,” according to authorities.
