A 25-year-old man was charged for kidnapping a 9-year-old boy who was selling gourds on a Juniata County road in September, Pennsylvania State Police said in court documents.

Tanner Nipple, of Mifflintown, was charged with kidnapping a minor, false imprisonment of a minor/not parent and interference with custody of children, according to court documents filed by state police.

Troopers began investigating after the boy returned to his home on Renno Lane in Walker Township on Sept. 16. The boy reported that he was snatched away and forced into an SUV after turning his back on a man who gave him a $20 bill, police said.

An affidavit of probable cause filed by police said the following:

Police responded to the home around 4 p.m. on Sept. 16 after the parents called 911 to report a kidnappi

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