23-year-old Evan Blankenship from North Carolina was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to kidnap two individuals on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2023, using Snapchat'

23-year-old Evan William Blankenship from Whittier, North Carolina, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release after attempting to kidnap two individuals on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2023. Blankenship used Snapchat's location-sharing feature to track down his victims, threatening them with a semi-automatic pistol before being arrested. He pleaded guilty to possession and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.