Police have learned that a group that approached and tried to entice William S. Reyes Elementary School students to follow them after school last week was only doing a social media experiment project for school.<\/p>\n
Department of Public Safety acting spokesman Jason Tarkong told Saipan Tribune that as of yesterday afternoon, police were interviewing a female student, who was among the group of students that conducted the experiment without first asking permission from WSR management.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically it was a social media experiment that she\u2019s doing for a school project,\u201d said Tarkong, adding that the student has been cleared of charges.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re getting to the bottom of this,\u201d Tarkong said.<\/p>\n
He said the \u201csuspect\u201d found out through the media that police were looking for them so she called on Monday night and turned herself to DPS to explain.<\/p>\n
Tarkong said he has no information yet as to how many students are involved and that they are not disclosing from what school they are from.<\/p>\n
On Monday, police said there are three suspects: two women and one man. That day, Tarkong said police were still working on getting a description of the suspects.<\/p>\n
NMI Crime Stoppers issued a notice on Monday night about two suspicious strangers approaching three minor children at WSR Elementary School last Thursday at 2:30pm.<\/p>\n
One \u201csuspect\u201d was enticing the three minor children by the school fence line with candy, ice cream, and video games. The children were asked to follow the \u201csuspect\u201d into a car parked across the street. The students refused to follow and instead notified their teacher.<\/p>\n
WRS principal Naomi Nishimura immediately issued a notice on Friday, informing parents of this \u201cstranger\u201d and urged to take precautions for the safety of their children.<\/p>\n
DPS Commissioner James C. Deleon Guerrero also issued a statement on Monday night, disclosing, among other things, that investigators had interviewed potential witnesses in an attempt to identify the suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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