“Catch a predator is a big thing on TikTok currently,” the facts document cites the student, Easton Randall, 19, as saying. The Assumption University campus in Worcester, Mass. Charged with kidnapping, conspiracyThe statement identifies one of the students as a juvenile, whose charges are not included in a criminal complaint filed last month. Campus authorities were later connected to the service member by the Worcester Police Department, which provided a starkly different account. Afterward, according to the statement, Randall acknowledged to authorities: “This got out of hand and went bad.”

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