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Couple kidnapped, assaulted teen for making son cry, cops say

COLUSA, Calif. - A Colusa, Calif. couple allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old and forced him to apologize for making their son cry, authorities say, reports CBS Sacramento.

Investigators say Rebecca and Jose Molina abducted the teenager while he was walking home and then physically assaulted him after he allegedly hurt the couple's 6-year-old son.

The teen victim's mother says that her son had some bumps and bruises after the ordeal, and she wants to know why the couple went so far to try and teach her teen a lesson.

"My kid ain't no angel but good Lord, ya know," said Frances Sanapaw, according to the station. "He doesn't deserve that, I know that much."

Sanapaw says her son was playing at a park in her northern California town with several other kids on Friday, when he accidentally hurt the Molinas' young son, bringing the child to tears, reports the station.

That's when witnesses reportedly say the youngster's mother, Rebecca Molina, got angry, then snatched Nicholas by the shirt and started punching him.

But that wasn't all. Investigators say Rebecca Molina went to get her husband and came back for Nicholas. They say the couple chased him down, forced him into their minivan and then drove him to their home, where they forced him inside, according to CBS Sacramento.

"He made him get on his knees and tell their son sorry and that's when the cops came," one witness reportedly said.

But the Molinas' older daughter, Cynthia, says it was actually the 13-year-old who had attacked her brother and their disabled mom earlier that day at the river.

"My dad was just trying to reprimand him," she said, according to the station.

The Molinas are charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment and child cruelty.

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