Homeowner recounts scary situation involving TikTok trend

Homeowner recounts scary situation involving TikTok trend police deem potentially dangerous

TRYING OUT THIS TREND. FOOTPRINT EVIDENCE OF A FRIGHTENING TREND. ROANOKE COUNTY POLICE ARE WARNING THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW HOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO RESPOND TO WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A HOME INVASION. IT WAS 3:00 IN THE MORNING AND I WOKE UP TO BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. A RING CAMERA CAPTURED WHAT HAPPENED. POLICE SAY A YOUNG TEENAGER USED A MULE KICK ON HER FRONT DOOR TO MIMIC A TIKTOK TREND. BUT AT THE TIME, CANDACE AND HER 12 YEAR OLD SON CHRISTIAN HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. I WAS PETRIFIED AND I CALLED 911 AND WE RAN UPSTAIRS AND I HAD TO HIDE MY SON IN HIS CLOSET AND I GRABBED A KNIFE. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS HOME INVASION. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO US? WHAT ARE THEIR INTENTIONS? I WAS THINKING SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO GET IN AND ROB US. HOW’D THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? IT ME FEEL SCARED. AND WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT? I HID IN THE CLOSET AND I WAS, LIKE, REALLY SCARED. AND I CALLED 911. I’M, LIKE, GRABBING A KNIFE. AND I’M LIKE, WHAT IF THEY HAVE A GUN? YOU CAN SEE THE FOOTPRINT LEFT BEHIND ON THE DOOR AND COSTLY DAMAGE TO THE DOOR FRAME. POLICE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. THEY MAY THINK THIS IS A FUNNY PRANK. IT’S ANYTHING FROM. IT’S FAR FROM A PRANK. WE DON’T WANT THIS TO ESCALATE INTO ANY TYPE OF VIOLENCE, OR EVEN WORSE, IN ANY TYPE OF TRAGEDY. CANDACE AND CHRISTIAN MOVED HERE JUST THREE MONTHS AGO. SHE’S GRATEFUL ONE OF HER NEIGHBORS HEARD THE BANGING AND STARTED TO YELL, WHICH SHE BELIEVES SCARED THE KIDS OFF. THEY’RE JUST KIDS AND THEY’RE JUST DOING SOME DUMB STUFF THAT CAN GET THEM IN REAL TIME. LIKE A LOT OF TROUBLE. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE? AT 3 A.M., POLICE ARRESTED A 13 YEAR OLD AND 14 YEAR OLD. THEY FACE FELONY BREAKING AND ENTERING CHARGES. POLICE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THEM RATHER QUICKLY WITH THE HELP OF SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AND K-9 UNITS REPORTING

Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Jul 29, 2025

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Homeowner recounts scary situation involving TikTok trend police deem potentially dangerous

Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Jul 29, 2025

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A Maryland homeowner recounted a scary situation after having fallen victim to a TikTok trend that police called potentially dangerous.Candice Knight told sister station WBAL on Tuesday how two teenagers kicked in her front door in Pasadena, Maryland, "donkey style" the night before, scaring her and her 12-year-old son, Christian Rhodes."It was 3 o'clock in the morning, and I woke up to 'boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,'" Knight told WBAL.Doorbell camera captured the encounter in which Anne Arundel County police said a teenager used a mule kick on Knight's front door to mimic a TikTok trend. But at the time, Knight and her son had no idea what was going on."I was petrified, and I called 911, and we ran upstairs, and I had to hide my son in his closet, and I grabbed a knife. My first thought was (it was a) home invasion. 'What are they going to do to us? What are their intentions?'" Knight told WBAL. "I'm like, 'I'm grabbing a knife. But what if they have a gun?'""I was thinking someone was trying to get in and rob us," Christian said. "I hid in a closet and I was, like, really scared."A footprint was left behind on the door, as well as costly damage to the doorframe.County police are taking this seriously, having since arrested two boys, ages 13 and 14. Police are warning any children interested in participating in this latest trend that this could be dangerous because one never knows how someone is going to respond to what sounds like a home invasion."They may think this is a funny prank. It's anything from it. It's far from a prank," Anne Arundel County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said. "We don't want this to escalate into any type of violence, or even worse, any type of tragedy."Knight and her son moved to Pasadena three months ago. She said she's grateful that one of her neighbors heard the banging and started to yell, which she believes scared off the teens."They are just kids, and they are just doing some dumb stuff. They can get themselves in a lot of trouble," Christian said."How do you not know where your children are at 3 a.m.?" Knight said.Police said officers caught the teens relatively quickly with the help of surveillance video and K-9 units.

PASADENA, Md. —

A Maryland homeowner recounted a scary situation after having fallen victim to a TikTok trend that police called potentially dangerous.

Candice Knight told sister station WBAL on Tuesday how two teenagers kicked in her front door in Pasadena, Maryland, "donkey style" the night before, scaring her and her 12-year-old son, Christian Rhodes.

"It was 3 o'clock in the morning, and I woke up to 'boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,'" Knight told WBAL.

Doorbell camera captured the encounter in which Anne Arundel County police said a teenager used a mule kick on Knight's front door to mimic a TikTok trend. But at the time, Knight and her son had no idea what was going on.

"I was petrified, and I called 911, and we ran upstairs, and I had to hide my son in his closet, and I grabbed a knife. My first thought was (it was a) home invasion. 'What are they going to do to us? What are their intentions?'" Knight told WBAL. "I'm like, 'I'm grabbing a knife. But what if they have a gun?'"

"I was thinking someone was trying to get in and rob us," Christian said. "I hid in a closet and I was, like, really scared."

A footprint was left behind on the door, as well as costly damage to the doorframe.

County police are taking this seriously, having since arrested two boys, ages 13 and 14. Police are warning any children interested in participating in this latest trend that this could be dangerous because one never knows how someone is going to respond to what sounds like a home invasion.

"They may think this is a funny prank. It's anything from it. It's far from a prank," Anne Arundel County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said. "We don't want this to escalate into any type of violence, or even worse, any type of tragedy."

"I was petrified, and I called 911, and we ran upstairs, and I had to hide my son in his closet."

Knight and her son moved to Pasadena three months ago. She said she's grateful that one of her neighbors heard the banging and started to yell, which she believes scared off the teens.

"They are just kids, and they are just doing some dumb stuff. They can get themselves in a lot of trouble," Christian said.

"How do you not know where your children are at 3 a.m.?" Knight said.

Police said officers caught the teens relatively quickly with the help of surveillance video and K-9 units.

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