Two teenagers in Texas, a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old, are in jail after a disturbing TikTok prank.
They followed two young children, ages 7 and 9, home from elementary school and asked them if they “wanted to be kidnapped.”
This happened around 3:20 p.m. near Negley Elementary School in Kyle, Texas.
The kids immediately told their parents, who then called the police.
The teens admitted to the police that they were doing a “prank” for social media.
While their TikTok accounts are private, the 19-year-old, Kaine Villareal, has been seen on other social media and sports websites because he played baseball, wrestled, and ran track in high school. Lane Burch, the 17-year-old, has not been mentioned.
This is the third time in about a month that a TikTok prank has gotten someone in serious trouble.
In Arizona, a popular TikToker named Charles Smith, known as Wolfie Kahletti, is facing criminal charges. He’s accused of spraying pesticide on food in a store as a “prank” video. The police say he filmed himself doing it and then posted the video online. He’s charged with serious crimes, including a felony.
And in Port Arthur, Texas, police are investigating a man who they believe endangered his 3-month-old baby by using the infant to wipe snow off a car for a TikTok video. Police are trying to get a warrant to arrest him for child endangerment.