Boy faked kidnap to cover up bad report

An 11-year-old boy faked his kidnapping to avoid bringing home his bad report card, Huntsville police said.

The Ed White Middle School student claimed that a man in a red, beat-up car grabbed him after school at the intersection of Trail Ridge and Grizzard roads and forced him into the vehicle.

"I'm going to take you somewhere and kill you," the boy claimed the man said. The boy also said the man had a pistol. The boy then claimed to have jumped from the vehicle - without his bookbag, which contained the report card - and run to his grandparents' house.

That's where the boy eventually confessed to making up the whole thing to cover for his bad grades. His grandfather called police to apologize and report the boy's story.

Police were first notified of a possible abduction involving the boy at about 4:20 p.m. - before he confessed. But it's unclear who reported the kidnapping. Sgt. Mark Roberts said police were suspicious of the boy's story when he was able to "escape" with his band instrument, but not his bookbag.

Roberts said the boy faces no charges at this time. The whereabouts of the bookbag and report card are unknown.