Crime & Safety

Teens Scared Woman as 'Social Experiment,' Say Police

Two teens are under arrest after scaring a woman while she took out the trash in Natick.

NATICK, MA—They may have viewed it as theatrical, and psychological, when they came up with the idea, but two teens are facing charges after scaring a woman while they wore masks.

Chandler E. Ortiz, 18, Union Ave., Natick, and a 17-year-old boy, were arrested after police told the MetroWest Daily Newsthat they had scared a woman while she took out her trash, as a "social experiment."

The boys wore black and white masks and lunged toward the woman as she took her trash out in the back of her apartment.

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