Four Arrested In GA For Robbery During Dating App Meetup

By Tom Knighton

Meeting someone in real life after talking to them on the internet is always a little nervewracking. There are so many things that could possibly go wrong. What if the other person doesn’t look like their profile picture? What if they’re actually a lousy conversationalist? What if they’re actually looking for skin to make lampshades out of?

Well, a Georgia man got more than he bargained for–though not quite to the degree of that last concern–when he meet someone for a date he set up via an app.

Four suspects, including a 16-year-old, were arrested after allegedly robbing a Tucker man at gunpoint during a dating app scheme, authorities confirmed.

Nicholas Schafer, 18, of Porterdale, De’andre Smith, 18, of Covington, Ikaria Washington, 23, of Covington, and the juvenile were arrested after Covington police received an online tip last week, police spokesman Justin Stott told AJC.com.

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When the man arrived at the meetup address, he was confronted by a woman and three gunmen, Stott previously said. The four suspects got into the victim’s car and rode together to a Wells Fargo branch off Ga. 142, he said.

One of the gunmen used the victim’s debit card to withdraw an unknown amount of money …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms