The group, as first reported by the Telegram & Gazette, is among six students, including one juvenile, accused of luring a man to campus Oct. 1 and siccing a mob of more than 20 students on him in a “To Catch a Predator”-inspired social media stunt gone awry.

WORCESTER ― A lawyer for one of five Assumption University students set to be arraigned Thursday in Central District Court for allegedly kidnapping a man as part of a TikTok trend gone awry said Wednesday that his client maintains her innocence and will seek a swift dismissal of the charges against her.

Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through the Tinder dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” tre

Five students at Assumption University were arraigned in Thursday on charges of kidnapping a man they allegedly lured to campus through a dating app in a “To Catch a Predator”-type sting. The students were released without bail and ordered to stay away from the alleged victim.

Six Assumption University students were in court on Thursday to face charges in a connection made between a Holyoke woman and a man on Tinder, which resulted in a TikTok plot to confront a falsely accused sexual predator.