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An Alabama TikTok influencer is facing several charges after a lengthy investigation allegedly revealed that she created a fake charity to bilk donors out of a total of over $1,000,000.

According to reports, approximately three years ago, a TikTok influencer who goes by the usernames “Slotmachinequeen” and “Slot_7.0” allegedly started a charity fund to help victims of domestic violence and homelessness. She reportedly asked that people send their donations directly to her using digital payment services such as PayPal, CashApp, and Venmo. People all over the world contributed to the cause, and over the course of approximately three years, at least $1,000,000 was reportedly collected.

In October, the authorities began receiving reports from individuals who suspected the charity was fraudulent, and the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division began looking into the claims. Their investigation led them to a 57-year-old woman from Athens. They believed the situation began in 2021, and they reported that the charity the woman allegedly claimed to be collecting donations for did not exist. It was also reported that the woman, who has not had a job since 2020, appeared to have transferred the money donated to the faux charity into her personal bank account.

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A 22-year-old TikTok influencer is facing charges after posting a video showing her wearing items the authorities believe she stole from Target.

On October 30 in Cape Coral, Florida, a woman went to a Target store for a shopping trip. After collecting her items, she went to the self-checkout to ring up and pay for the purchase. According to reports, the woman had sixteen pieces of merchandise with an approximate total value of $500 but paid much less by scanning a fake barcode instead of the ones on the items. Loss prevention noticed the allegedly illegal transaction and notified the authorities.

The police asked the public for help locating the woman in a post they made that included pictures of her. When one of the influencer’s 300,000+ TikTok followers saw the photos of the suspect that the Cape Coral Police Department posted on social media, they came forward anonymously and gave the authorities her Instagram information. It was reported that when they checked out the account, they determined she was the person they were looking for when they saw her wearing what was believed to be some of the allegedly stolen merchandise. She also reportedly included video clips depicting her walking around the store with merchandise in her cart before stealing it and putting the goods in her trunk.

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Two people from Kentucky were arrested for drug trafficking after a long-term investigation allegedly revealed that they created videos of themselves making drugs and posted the content on their TikTok accounts.

Early this year, the authorities were notified about two people who might be involved in drug trafficking of marijuana. It was claimed that material was posted to their accounts on TikTok that appeared to depict them making products containing drugs. The reports resulted in the Kentucky State Police opening an investigation into the claims.

A couple of months later, an undercover drug sale was set up. A detective posing as a client made arrangements to meet the woman in the parking lot of a grocery store. When they met, the detective reported that she told them she had just made a sale for 1000 packages of products a few days prior to their current transaction.

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A 30-year-old Army soldier is facing charges after he reportedly went AWOL and allegedly stalked a woman he saw on TikTok because he believed they were soul mates.

Several months ago, a man stationed in North Carolina before he was discharged from the military was perusing TikTok when he came across the content of a woman with 1.5 million followers. He allegedly developed fantasies about having a relationship with her and reportedly believed mystical forces intervened and led him to the woman he was meant to be with.

In January, the woman believed the man might be stalking her after she posted pictures of herself on Laguna Beach when she was in California, and he allegedly figured out where she was and photographed himself in the same spot. The woman blocked the TikTok account he was using at the time, in addition to more than 20 accounts she believed he was operating.

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A man who went into the bathroom at a Florida Walmart store reportedly found someone’s cell phone and allegedly used it to make a false report to the authorities, saying there was a bomb at the location.

On the afternoon of January 12, a man in a Port Charlotte Walmart entered the bathroom. While there, he reportedly discovered a cell phone sitting out, but no one else was in the restroom. The man had allegedly seen several videos on TikTok showing people going into stores and calling in fake bomb threats. He reportedly dialed 911, and after a dispatcher answered he said there was a bomb in the store. It was noted in the police report that he ended the call by saying “tic toc tic toc.”

Law enforcement from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office went to the location to investigate. When they arrived, they saw the rightful owner of the phone, and he told them he was able to digitally track the device’s location to the Walmart bathroom where he had been shortly before the call was placed.

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A woman from Utah who has gone viral on TikTok is facing legal action after reportedly harassing the family that lives next door, including their youngsters, with racist comments.

According to reports, a woman in Midvale who lives next door to a Black family has been confronting them with racial slurs and foul language since last May. Several videos of the encounters were recorded and posted on TikTok, where they went viral.

Last summer, the woman reportedly approached the mom, who was very pregnant, and poked her in the stomach before shoving her with both hands on her belly. Some of the neighbors reported that they witnessed the encounter, and a video was posted on TikTok. The family reported the ongoing issues to the authorities and the homeowner’s association.

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A social media influencer with over four million followers was arrested last weekend after she allegedly assaulted and injured her boyfriend in front of her 5-year-old daughter. 

Taylor Frankie Paul is a 28-year-old social media personality on TikTok. She is well known for being a Mormon mom of two with a lifestyle dubbed as “soft swinging.” 

Late in the evening on February 17, Paul and her boyfriend reportedly got into an argument. Her 5-year-old was allegedly sitting on the sofa, and things reportedly began to escalate. A neighbor heard the ruckus and called the authorities. 

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Drake Bell’s ex-girlfriend alleged that the actor was abusive to her in more than one fashion during their live-in relationship when she was a teenager, and Bell is contesting the accusation.

Jared Drake Bell has worked in the entertainment industry since 1991 and has a long resume of television and film credits including starring in the Nickelodeon show “Drake and Josh” in 2003.

Between 2006 and 2009, Bell reportedly had a romantic relationship with Melissa Lingafelt, now known as Jimi Ono, when she was 16-years-old, and the couple lived together for some of the time that they dated.

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A man in Louisiana reportedly took a dip in a 13,000-gallon aquarium at a Bass Pro Shops in a purported attempt to appease his audience after his TikTok post received thousands of  “likes.”

On June 25, a patron at a Bass Pro Shop in Bossier City recorded a video on her cell phone when she reportedly spotted a fully-clothed man immersed in the aquarium with the fish. The woman can be heard on the recording stating that she thought the man may be in danger of drowning.

The video reportedly showed a man in the aquarium before climbing out and running out of the establishment.

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