Homes and vehicles were damaged after a 10-year-old boy took a friend’s parent’s car for a joy ride through their Ohio neighborhood.
Police say the boy stole the keys and led police on a wild chase.
He was initially spotted traveling the wrong way down a one-way road and that is when officers began their pursuit.
But, it was not until the chase ended when officers found out how young the driver really was.
“The juvenile was spending the night with a family friend and that friend was ready for bed and went to bed with the juvenile playing video games and sometime after she went to bed the juvenile took her roommate’s car keys,” said Sidney, Ohio Police Capt. William Shoemaker.
The boy was taken into custody.
“Very unusual,” Shoemaker said. “Once in a while, we’ll have the backing accident where a small child will get in a car and knock a car into drive or reverse, but for an actual pursuit at the speeds he was, it’s unheard of in my 23 years we’ve never had anything like this before.”
No one was hurt. Two houses and several cars in the neighborhood were damaged.
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