Police say students lured victim, 22, then accused him of being a pedophile for meeting an 18-year-old before filming attack

Five Massachusetts college students are scheduled to make their first appearances in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man through a dating app into visiting campus last fall 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 in Worcester district court.