Posted on 03/24/2026 9:04:14 AM PDT by algore
A Utah mother has been hit with felony charges months after she allegedly kidnapped an 11-year-old boy who she claimed was bullying her autistic son.
Shannon Marie Tufuga, 40, has been charged with child kidnapping and aggravated child abuse, according to court records.
On September 17, 2025, Tufuga was driving around Provo looking for her son's alleged bully, identified only by his initials in the charging document filed Monday.
When Tufuga found the boy, she stopped in front of him while he was riding his bike and made him 'get into her vehicle', according to the charging document.
Per the document, Tufuga then drove the child to her home in Provo without his parents' consent and forced the boy to apologize to her son.
In Facebook posts that have now been deleted, Tufuga explained that her son is on the autism spectrum.
Even after the boy apologized under Tufuga's alleged pressure, she still threatened to have her husband beat him up, according to the charging document.
She also told the boy he 'was lucky she did not run over [his] bike,' according to the charges.
Tufuga then drove the boy back to his parents' home in Provo, authorities said.
'The incident has caused [the boy] serious emotional distress. [He] now has high anxiety and has had to alter his daily routines significantly,' according to the charges.
For the kidnapping charge, a second-degree felony, Tufuga faces a maximum sentence of 15 years to life in prison if convicted.
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I'm from a small town in northern Michigan. Back in the fall of 1968, I was out partridge hunting with a buddy way outside of town. We came upon a wide creek where a couple salmon were coming up to spawn I guess. So we starting shooting at them. My buddy finally got one and he took it home.
When I got home, my step dad confronted me and asked where I was hunting and if I had anything to do with shooting salmon in a creek.
I swore up and down I knew nothing, but real issue is how he got word about us potentially being the culprits.....LOL!
And youleft her in the school?
KGB and NSA had nothing on small town intelligence gathering.
The other school in town was worse. Muslims. Or Lutes or Catholics, while being Jewish. It was a tough choice. Best school in town, nasty bully.
You didn’t take her out and home school your child who was getting abused.
What is wrong with you?
I’m stupid.
Yes you are.
Had a bully in 10th grade bugging me. I was sick of it and armed myself (1974).
One day he was messing with my car and knives a tire. I pulled the pistol and pointed it at his head and then shot over it.
He never bothered me again and actually became friendly.
But my dad wasn’t happy. I’ll never forget his name.
And nobody gives a crap about the kids he's bullied.
He shouldn't dish it out if he can't take it.
But short fat ugly bald and with halitosis.
So I’ve got that going for me.
Schools allow bullying now. It goes on in every school. The administrators are afraid of controversy.
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