Utah mom accused of kidnapping her son’s alleged bully to force him to apologize

A Utah woman faces criminal charges that she snatched an 11-year-old boy who was riding his bike, drove him to her home and made him apologize to her son for supposed bullying, according to a criminal complaint.

A Utah woman faces criminal charges that she snatched an 11-year-old boy who was riding his bike, drove him to her home and made him apologize to her son for supposed bullying, according to a criminal complaint.

Shannon Tufuga, 40, of Provo, was charged Monday with child kidnapping and aggravated child abuse in connection with the incident, which happened last year, according to the Utah County Attorney's criminal complaint.

Tufuga drove around in search of the 11-year-old, identified in the complaint as KB, and found him as he was riding his bike on Sept. 17, according to the complaint.

"The defendant was driving around looking for KB wanting to confront him about bullying her child," it says. "When the defendant found KB she stopped her vehicle in front of KB’s bike and made KB get into her vehicle."

She then drove him to her home without his parents' knowledge or permission, made him apologize to her son and threatened to have her husband "beat up" the boy, the complaint says.