TikToker arrested after driving \u201cfree candy\u201d van to get police attention TikTok\/gagnepowerA Canadian TikToker has been arrested for allegedly committing \u201cfalse crimes\u201d in order to grow his follower count. TikTokers are going to great extremes to boost their popularity by walking into strangers\u2019 houses and making threatening remarks to random people all in the name of content. However, these controversial videos have a tendency to land viral creators in hot water and that\u2019s exactly what happened to Gatineau, Quebec man Anthony Gagne after he drove around in a van giving out \u201cfree candy.\u201d According to police, \u2018gagnepower\u2019 was arrested after police stumbled across his TikTok account after receiving a tip and found several videos trying to get the attention of cops. Man arrested for committing \u201cfalse crimes\u201d to grow TikTok In a press release, Gatineau police explained how their investigation began when they received a complaint about Gagne driving a van with the words \u201cfree candy\u201d painted on it to attract children. \u201cFollowing this complaint, the SPVG had to open an investigation during which the police identified several videos featuring Anthony Gagne who simulated crimes in order to have the visit of various police services, including the FBI,\u201d they said. In another of his videos, Gagne put on a black balaclava and carried a hammer toward a bank at night time, pretending to rob it. Despite the police meeting with Gagne, he continued to make videos and the authorities found he had been doing so since 2021, amassing over 500,000 followers on TikTok. On July 5, the cops searched his home discovering numerous electronic items in addition to a gas mask, a balaclava, fake blood, and a vehicle rental contract. He was charged with attempted public mischief. As part of his release, he is prohibited from uploading content to social media, including YouTube. His TikTok account, meanwhile, has been purged. \u201cGestures or words spoken on social networks are not without consequence. Whether the police are incited virtually or in-person to launch an investigation under a false pretext is a crime,\u201d the police warned others not to follow in Gagne\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker arrested after driving \u201cfree candy\u201d van to get police attention TikTok\/gagnepowerA Canadian TikToker has been arrested for allegedly committing \u201cfalse crimes\u201d in order to grow his follower count. TikTokers are going to great extremes to boost their popularity by walking into strangers\u2019 houses and making threatening remarks to random people all in the name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}