The soldier told police he was in the area for his grandmother’s funeral and was on the dating app hoping to find “happy” ...

Police say six students at a Massachusetts college lured a man to campus on the promise of a hook-up. There, he was chased ...

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.

Six Assumption University students were in court to face charges in a connection made between a Holyoke woman and a man on ...

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 ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Kelsy Brainard, 18, a student of the $70,000-per-year Roman Catholic institution in Worcester, Massachusetts, allegedly invited the 22-year-old ...

Assumption University students Kelsy Brainard, 18, Easton Randall, 19, Kevin Carroll, 18, Isabella Trudeau, 18, and Joaquin Smith, 18, appeared in Massachusetts court on Thursday and pleaded not ...

Five students and a minor allegedly lured a man to meet an 18-year-old woman on campus, then called him a predator and assaulted him for a TikTok trend.

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.

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 ...