Colorado boy found safe after alleged kidnapping by father
A 4-year-old boy who suffers from medical impairment and requires medication was forcibly taken from his home in Commerce City around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. He was found safe later that night, and his father arrested.
State authorities issued an Amber Alert during the boy's disappearance. The alert was rescinded after he was recovered.
The boy's father, 45-year-old Jeremy Chavez, was taken into custody after barricading himself in a home. He faces charges including 2nd Degree Burglary, Child Abuse, Reckless Endangerment, 2nd Degree Kidnapping, Vehicular Eluding, and 2nd Degree Motor Vehicle Theft.
After the alleged kidnapping, Commerce City Police Department officers located a stolen pickup truck that Chavez was last seen driving. Officers and a SWAT team then surrounded a home in the 10800 block of Jasper Street, east of Chambers Road. A spokesperson with CCPD said Chavez reportedly entered the residence through an open back door. The people inside the home were able to safely escape.
Police ordered neighbors to shelter inside their homes and stay away from windows as the SWAT team negotiated with Chavez.
No details of how Chavez was taken into custody were provided, but online records indicate he was booked into the Adams County Jail at 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Chavez appears to be the same man who stole a fire truck in 2021 and led police on a short pursuit. The case was eventually pleaded down and Chavez was sentenced in Adams County Court to six years in community corrections.
That sentence, according to online court records, was negated two months later. The online records do not provide an explanation.
Chavez was arrested in December 2025 for a protection order violation. That, too, was pleaded down (to disorderly conduct). He was sentenced to 4 days in jail.
