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Alberta man, 19, accused of luring B.C. girl via Roblox and Snapchat

Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 12, 2 of them from Canada.

📍 British Columbia, CA·🕐 23m ago·2 outlets

Police say the accused allegedly first made contact with the underage girl in B.C. on the online gaming platform Roblox before they began exchanging messages on Snapchat.

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✓ Verified · 2 outlets

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The story so far · 3 reports · ✓ Verified Nov 12, 7:50 PM UTC

2 outlets from Canada, where the story is: Global News, Winnipeg Free Press · how we count

  1. Nov 12, 5:03 PM UTCFirst report
    B.C. police charge Alberta man, 19, in alleged Roblox child-luring casewinnipegfreepress.com ↗
  2. Nov 12, 7:50 PM UTC+3 h· you’re reading this
    Alberta man, 19, accused of luring B.C. girl via Roblox and Snapchatglobalnews.ca ↗
  3. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 7:50 PM UTC · +3 h
  4. Nov 12, 8:11 PM UTC+3 h
    Alberta man, 19, accused of luring B.C. girl via Roblox and Snapchatglobalnews.ca (again) ↗
  5. Severity rose to medium
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Reliability
91%

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Risk Score
low risk