![]() ![]() The charges carried the maximum penalty of five years in prison. The twin brothers were initially each charged with two misdemeanour counts of fraudulently reporting an emergency in addition to one felony count of false imprisonment by violence, menace, or fraud. YouTube pranksters Alan and Alex Stokes staged two fake bank robberies in California in 2019, which led to their Uber driver, who was not involved in the prank, being held at gunpoint by police. ![]() Reports of pranks staged for social media have emerged in recent years in international media, some with serious consequences. When contacted, Chad Hype said that he was unaware that White and his colleagues were pranksters. ![]() White was allegedly beaten, kicked, stomped on, and endured slaps to the face by rising dancehall artiste Chad Hype. In February 2023, THE STAR reported that YouTuber Kymani ‘iheart_Mani’ White was attacked in the Half-Way Tree area after conducting a ‘licence plate’ prank. He expressed that the police are intent on bringing these matters to court after investigations are concluded, once complainants turn up. Nesbeth further stated that all these incidents have “culminated in us realising that we need to put a stop to this”. Another one, they did it with something about his licence plate and I think he assaulted one of them,” he detailed. Another one, they told a lady it was a holdup, she had to run for her life. “One of them, they went to JN (bank) some time ago pretending to hold up the institution. Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, head of the St Andrew Central Police Division, informed The Gleaner that no one has been arrested in connection to the pranks. In addition, the authorities have urged those who have been the targets of these pranks to file a report as these actions have criminal implications. In a statement on Monday, the Jamaica Constabulary Force said that it had initiated an investigation into recent incidents in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, where male pranksters staged the fake robberies. The senior lecturer said that he is hopeful that the influence of popular social media platforms and the allure of wanting to go viral will not result in youngsters maturing into “hardened criminals, having now seen some of the benefits of playing these pranks”. “So we’re at a crossroads, culturally, with where we’re going as a society,” he added. Gosse said that because some morals and values that were once honoured are no longer being upheld, these pranks could be very damaging to society. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. ![]()
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