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College students charged in TikTok-inspired 'catch a predator' plot expected in court

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Five Massachusetts college students are scheduled to make their first appearances in court Thursday .

They are accused of plotting to lure a man through a dating app into visiting campus and then seizing him as part of a “ Catch a Predator ” trend on TikTok .

The students, all teens at Assumption University , a private, Roman Catholic school in Worcester , face arraignment on conspiracy and kidnapping charges.

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informal

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English

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53

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