WORCESTER — 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 ...
The alleged victim, a 22-year-old North Carolina man on active duty in the U.S. Army, sent a message on Tinder to one of the charged students, 18-year-old Kelsy Brainard, around 10 p.m., police wrote.
Automatic not-guilty pleas were entered for Easton Randall, 19; Kevin Carroll, 18; Isabella Trudeau, 18; Joaquin Smith, 18; and 18-year-old Kelsy Brainard, whose Tinder account was used to lure ...
Nexstar’s WWLP obtained court documents which show that Assumption University Police reviewed an October incident of assault and battery reported by Kelsy Brainard, a student at the school.
The victim claims he was lured via Tinder to a home, where "a group of people came out of nowhere ... started calling him a pedophile" and attacked -- while one suspect allegedly said the stunt ...
Kelsy Brainard, 18 Easton Randall, 19, Kevin Carroll, 18, Isabella Trudeau, 18, and Joaquin Smith, 18, are accused of using Brainard’s Tinder account to lure their 22-year-old victim to the ...
The six Assumption University students appeared in court Thursday after being accused of participating in the 'catch a predator' trend.
The defendants — Kelsy Brainard, 18; Easton Randall, 19; Kevin Carroll, 18; Isabella Trudeau, 18; and Joaquin Smith, 18 — stood stone-faced in court, showing little emotion and addressing a judge only ...
Kelsy Brainard appears district court as she and four other Massachusetts college students made their first appearance on conspiracy and kidnapping charges in Worcester, Mass, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.