A 13-year-old boy was accidentally kidnapped from a Lakewood hotel on Friday morning after a tow truck driver repossessed the car he was napping in, according to the Lakewood Police Department.
Lakewood police responded to the Baymont by Wyndham at 11909 W. Sixth Ave. at 9:20 a.m. Friday to a report of a stolen car and kidnapping, said department spokesperson John Romero.
After about 20 minutes, officers tracked the car to a Denver tow lot and found it had been repossessed, but the tow truck driver had not seen the boy sleeping under blankets, Romero said.
The boy’s family was staying in the hotel and were doing laundry and packing the car to leave for New York when the car was repossessed, Romero said.
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The boy was not harmed and safely returned to his family, Romero said. The car remained in the tow lot.
Lakewood police will not pursue criminal charges in the incident because it was an “honest mistake,” Romero said.
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