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College Students Charged With Kidnapping: Report

The Assumption University students allegedly chased down and assaulted a man they falsely deemed a sexual predator.

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In what's being called a "To Catch a Predator" segment gone wrong, the Assumption University students are accused of falsely labeling a man a sexual predator and then assaulting him.
In what's being called a "To Catch a Predator" segment gone wrong, the Assumption University students are accused of falsely labeling a man a sexual predator and then assaulting him. (Samantha Mercado/Patch)

WORCESTER, MA - A group of five students from Assumption University are being charged with kidnapping, according to the Telegram & Gazette.

Court documents revealed police said the students from the private Catholic university called the man a sexual predator without proof before forming a mob of nearly 30 students to chase and assault him.

All five students currently face kidnapping charges.

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