A man was recently arrested after police said he abducted a 9-year-old Amish boy in Pennsylvania.
According to court records, Tanner Nipple, 25, was arrested and charged with felony kidnapping and misdemeanor false imprisonment following the September abduction. According to a Pennsylvania State Police report, troopers were summoned to Locust Run and Renno Roads in Walker Township on September 16th, 2025, to investigate a probable kidnapping.
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Troopers learned that the suspect stopped at the boy’s property and forced him into a car. According to CBS affiliate WHP, the boy told troopers that he was selling produce when a man approached him and placed a $20 bill in his money container.
When he turned around, the boy told police that the man wrapped his arms around him, covered his mouth, and shoved him into a white SUV, where he was forced to sit on the floor under the glove compartment, but when the driver made a U-turn, the child opened the door and escaped, running into a cornfield.
WHP also reported that DNA evidence led police to Nipple after they sent the $20 note and other materials to a laboratory for testing. The victim was able to identify Nipple from a lineup, according to troopers, and phone records reportedly placed his mobile phone near the crime scene. According to police, Nipple was taken into jail without incident and arraigned.
