UT - Utah mother kidnaps 11-year-old boy she accuses of having bullied her child, Provo, 17 September 2025

[airportwoman]

Last September, the mother of a girl who said an 11-year-old male classmate was bullying her found him on his bike, knocked him off, grabbed him by the arm, shoved him into her car, took him to her home, and made him apologize to her daughter. I do suspect that this is not the whole story, and the one thing she DID do wrong was that she told the boy that her husband was going to beat him up.

As a bullying victim whose parents blamed me for it, I say give this woman a medal.

https://www.abc4.com/news/crimes-against-children/provo-woman-charged-child-kidnapping-bully/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQxRkhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVeDBLcWdLU1ZScnZwdUpYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtzSYhL0zWVXH-2mt78uNqIW0Na7n-RYmzFEOjLr0bkRdRIVM_jI_pwj_NX-_aem_nScAF1iJZfp8rDa2Rn7VHQ

 

[IminSyd]

Bullying causes massive and potentially long term harm to children and teens, no question. And schools are often not empowered, willing or are not capable to deal with it. LE don’t see it as their responsibility, particularly when it’s insidious but below a threshold of physical violence. So I get that individuals or their families feel like they have to take care of it themselves.

I really feel for this mum, watching this happen to your child would absolutely bring out the protective bear inside us. This mum probably thought she had done no harm to this kid, just scared him. And to be fair she prob caused less harm to him than he did to her daughter. But it was an illegal act so yes she should be charged. There was prob a better way but I don’t know what that would be. Hire another child to do it? Kidding (sort of).

 

[airportwoman]

Another source I saw said that the girl had been bullying him for a couple years, and he finally retaliated. The boy's mother also did say that the girl's parents didn't talk to them about it first, so this might well be an "Everyone sucks here" case.

 

[Rikissa]

Another source I saw said that the girl had been bullying him for a couple years, and he finally retaliated. The boy's mother also did say that the girl's parents didn't talk to them about it first, so this might well be an "Everyone sucks here" case.

Please, post a link to this information.

 

[airportwoman]

Please, post a link to this information.

Exhibit A.

Mom accused of kidnapping 11-year-old boy, forcing him to apologize to her daughter after he rejected the girl

A mother in Utah is accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old boy and forcing him to apologize to her daughter after he rejected the girl.

www.wdbj7.com

 

[GracefulD1an]

We really need to teach people how to handle rejection better.

 

[Maat99]

Exhibit A.

Mom accused of kidnapping 11-year-old boy, forcing him to apologize to her daughter after he rejected the girl

A mother in Utah is accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old boy and forcing him to apologize to her daughter after he rejected the girl.

www.wdbj7.com

Yikes.

 

[Bluebear15]

So the girl was the bully, then lied to her mother. The mother deserves to be charged for being an idiot...jmo.

 

[GracefulD1an]

So the girl was the bully, then lied to her mother. The mother deserves to be charged for being an idiot...jmo.

Agreed and the daughter needs to be taught how to handle rejection better.

 

[Rikissa]

Article from 25 March 2026:

Amberlee Collazo, the boy’s mother, says the conflict between the sixth-grade children has been simmering for more than a year. According to her, the girl’s attention toward her son became overwhelming for him.

When she found the boy, Tufuga scared him off his bike, grabbed him by the arm, and forced him into her vehicle, Collazo said.

“She put him in her vehicle and took him to her home and sat him on her couch. And while he was on the couch, I guess her dad or whoever it was was standing there with a gun on his hip.” Collazo said.

“She yelled at him that he needed to apologize,” Collazo said. “Shannon was telling him that he was lucky that she didn’t run him over because she should have.”

Provo boy’s family breaks silence after kidnapping charges filed against local mom - KSLTV.com

A mother in Provo is speaking out after another mother at her son's school allegedly kidnapped him to force his apology to her daughter.

ksltv.com