11-year-old Targeted Playing Roblox
Concerned parents contacted the Portsmouth Police Department to report that an adult male was chatting up their 11-year-old daughter using messaging in the Roblox game.
The parents told police the child was using the Discord app to communicate with adults while playing the game. Officers advised the parents about the next steps.
Many games feature chat capabilities that allow players to communicate with other players. It’s important that parents are aware that games have that capability and monitor their child’s communication.
Police Respond to Snapchat Suicide Threat
Officers sprang into action when a woman contacted them to say her husband sent her a suicide threat via Snapchat. She said the man included a picture of her gun and threatened to harm himself.
She met officers at her home, and they spoke to the husband. He claimed he was not suicidal. However, his wife retrieved the weapon and asked an officer to impound it until she could arrange to put it somewhere safe.
The man told police multiple times he did not plan to harm himself.