{"id":410036,"date":"2026-07-23T23:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/410036\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:05:08","slug":"tiktok-door-kicking-trend-in-santa-clarita-sparks-sheriffs-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/410036\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok door-kicking trend in Santa Clarita sparks sheriff&#8217;s warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department in Santa Clarita has issued a warning <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SantaClaritaValleySheriffsStation\/posts\/%EF%B8%8F-scv-alert-door-kick-challenge-weve-recently-received-reports-of-the-door-kick-\/1492692852894550\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on Facebook<\/a> that the latest nationwide TikTok social media challenge has begun to hit close to home.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, the latest TikTok challenge involves teenagers recording themselves attempting to \u201ckick in the front doors of homes before running away.\u201d The teens often share videos of their actions on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last two months, about a dozen of these door-kicking incidents have been reported that resulted in property damages in the Santa Clarita area, but that number may be an undercount, Shirley Miller, a sheriff\u2019s public information officer, told The Times.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, the Sheriff\u2019s Department urged residents in the area to \u201cmake sure your doors are locked\u201d and to ensure that \u201cyour doorbell cameras are working properly.\u201d Many residents who have doorbell cameras have mentioned to authorities and reported to online forums similar door-kicking incidents, Miller said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to securing homes, the department also advised parents to discuss the trend with their teens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat may seem like a harmless prank for social media is actually a crime,\u201d the agency said in the post. \u201cIt can result in felony vandalism charges and creates a dangerous situation for everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the department warned that the person behind the door could think that someone is trying to break in, and \u201cthe person kicking the door never knows what may be waiting on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Residents are encouraged to contact authorities if one of these door-kicking incidents take place at their property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few seconds of online attention isn\u2019t worth a criminal record, a serious injury, or worse,\u201d the department said in the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department in Santa Clarita has issued a warning on Facebook that the latest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6577,7,9,8,6246,164274,2821,84679,1073,82264,288,16188,2637,164273,73041,360,164275,3396],"class_list":["post-410036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-authority","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-department","tag-door-kicking-incident","tag-facebook","tag-front-door","tag-home","tag-property-damage","tag-resident","tag-santa-clarita","tag-sheriff","tag-shirley-miller","tag-social-medium-platform","tag-teen","tag-tiktok-door-kicking-trend","tag-warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}