{"id":228234,"date":"2026-05-12T04:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/228234\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:58:13","slug":"southland-police-warn-dating-app-users-after-assaults-in-queens-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/228234\/","title":{"rendered":"Southland police warn dating app users after assaults in Queens Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are making inquiries into both incidents, including working to identify and locate the alleged offenders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese alleged offenders are engaging with people on these apps with the intention of meeting them in quiet areas at night-time to attack them,\u201d Robertson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only are they taking advantage of people\u2019s trust, but they are planning these attacks with the intention to seriously injure these people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge anybody who is planning to meet someone from a dating app to choose a location which is public, or well-lit at night, as well as letting someone trusted know your plans and movements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police are keen to hear from anybody who has information regarding these assaults, or anyone who was in the Queens Park area between 6pm and 4am from Friday, May 8 to Sunday, May 10.<\/p>\n

Information can be reported to police via 105, either over the phone or online. People should reference the file number 260510\/6480.<\/p>\n

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are making inquiries into both incidents, including working to identify and locate the alleged offenders. \u201cThese alleged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9290,22071,89615,89612,357,89608,47207,5367,15713,89616,9,24,63,7319,14245,89614,1232,104,122,124,123,89613,89607,65822,11986,89610,75532,89609,13274,89611],"class_list":["post-228234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-after","tag-app","tag-arranging","tag-assaulted","tag-assaults","tag-being","tag-dating","tag-in","tag-incidents","tag-meetups","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-online","tag-park","tag-past","tag-people","tag-police","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-separate","tag-southland","tag-stay","tag-users","tag-vigilant","tag-warn","tag-warned","tag-week","tag-were"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}