F L I N T, Mich., April 4 -- A group of friends charged with kidnapping a teenage girl, tying her up, and staging her mock burial say they were just trying to make a Blair Witch Project -style horror ...

ROBERTSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined an alleged abduction in Springfield last weekend was a prank. The department was investigating reports of a young ...

CROSS CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - After initial reports of an attempted kidnapping in Cross City Wednesday afternoon, Dixie County Sheriff’s Deputies now believe it was two teenagers playing a “prank” by ...

An Ohio man is charged with kidnapping over a social media prank, officials say. Getty Images/iStockphoto An Ohio man is facing charges after officials say a social media prank victimized a child.

An Ohio man is facing charges after officials say a social media prank victimized a child. Justin Simmons, 30, is charged with impersonating a peace officer and kidnapping. “I believe my client was ...