Kidnapping charges dropped against 5 Assumption University students in alleged ‘To Catch a Predator' incident
But two of the students who allegedly played significant roles in what a defense attorney described as a 'poorly thought-out plan' will still be prosecuted in connection to the Oct. 1 incident, records show.
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Kelsy Brainard, who allegedly chatted with the man on Tinder and told him she was 17 but about to turn 18, remains charged with misleading police, records show.
Brainard allegedly told campus police that a 'sexual predator' and 'creepy' man had made unwanted contact with her, but security video showed her welcoming the man and bringing him inside a college building where other students were waiting to confront him, records show.
Kevin Carroll, 18, remains charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for repeatedly slamming a car door on the man's head as he was trying to return to his car and get away from the students who were following him, records show.
A status hearing is scheduled for May for Brainard and Carroll, records show.
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