Purported kidnapping attempts in one of South Carolina's biggest cities prompted hundreds of social media users to share a warning to their networks.
“Facebook friends in Rock Hill …… beware!” reads the start of a Sept. 8 Facebook post that was shared more than 600 times in one day. In the post, the user described two purported incidents: a “failed kidnapping attempt” at a gas station near a middle school and another at a Food Lion grocery store where a child was “near abducted.”
Police did respond to reports of suspicious activity at those locations, but a department spokesperson said claims of kidnapping attempts at those places were “not substantiated” through its investigations. A Food Lion spokesperson also said the claims were “not accurate.”
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USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the claim for comment.
Rock Hill Police Department Lt. Michael Chavis told USA TODAY there was “not validity to these claims.”
The department responded to reports of suspicious activity at both locations mentioned in the Facebook post, but Chavis said claims of kidnapping and sex trafficking attempts were “not substantiated through the investigation.”
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