Overview

• On Monday, July 7 at about 1 p.m., a young boy climbed into the prize chute of a claw machine at the Mason Community Center in Ohio and became trapped inside.
• Responding Mason Police and Fire department personnel removed the back panel of the arcade unit to free the child within minutes.
• Surveillance footage captured the boy standing among plush toys inside the glass enclosure and drew local media attention.
• Officials confirmed the child emerged without injuries and did not require medical treatment after the rescue.
• The incident echoed a February 2024 toddler entrapment in Australia and highlighted ongoing safety risks of unsupervised arcade equipment access.