Charlotte Pohl told Ostsee Zeitung: "We wanted to travel spontaneously. Just like we did in Thailand and New Zealand." "We were scanned with metal detectors, the whole body was scanned ...

Pohl and Lepère told German media that border officials first became suspicious about the duration of the women's trip, their finances and that they had not booked accommodation for the entirety ...

Maria Lepere, 18, and Charlotte Pohl, 19, arrived in Hawaii on March 18 with short-term travel permits ahead of a weeks-long US trip but were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP ...

Two German teenagers planning to explore the US on vacation were thrown in jail and then booted from the country after Customs and Border Protection found their loosely planned trip “suspicious.” ...

According to the paper, Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18, arrived in Honolulu without hotel reservations for their planned five-week stay on the island. Although both travelers had ...

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, were embarking on an around-the-world backpacking trip in March after graduating from high school. On March 18, they arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii ...

Maria Lepere and Charlotte Pohl, 18 and 19, arrived in Hawaii on March 18 with short-term travel permits ahead of weeks-long US trip but were detained by Border Patrol (CBP) and sent packing back ...

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, from Rostock—about 140 miles north of Berlin—had already visited New Zealand and Thailand as part of their around-the-world trip after graduating ...

This is the latest in a string of incidents involving German tourists. German citizens, Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18, arrived in Hawaii on March 18 with plans to travel around the U.S ...

Snopes readers also emailed to ask whether the claim was true. The claim originated from German media reports about Charlotte Pohl and Marie Lepère, then 19 and 18, respectively, whom border ...