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sl8

(13,893 posts) Thu Oct 26, 2017, 07:30 PM Oct 2017

10-year-old boy leads troopers on high-speed chase after taking family car

From http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-erie/for-the-second-time-in-month-10-year-old-cleveland-boy-caught-driving-family-car-on-highway :

10-year-old boy leads troopers on high-speed chase after taking family car
By News 5 Staff
12:55 PM, Oct 26, 2017

A 10-year-old boy led Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers on a chase reaching 100 mph Thursday morning and authorities say it's not the first time he's taken the family car.

According to police, the boy took the family's vehicle from their home on Hadley Avenue around 9 a.m. His father reported is missing.

Around 9:15 a.m., a driver called to report that the car was being chased by another red vehicle, possibly the boy's mother.

Three Westlake officers tried to stop the boy as he drove through Lorain and Erie counties, sometimes reaching speeds of 96 mph.
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10-year-old boy leads troopers on high-speed chase after taking family car (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2017 OP

That kid has a future in NASCAR if he stays out of jail. brush Oct 2017 #1

He is only 10 and already charged with a felony. LisaL Oct 2017 #6

He's got a need for speed! edbermac Oct 2017 #2

He did this twice because he was bored? This kid defines MENACE TO SOCIETY... bagelsforbreakfast Oct 2017 #3

Update - 10-year-old boy charged with felony sl8 Oct 2017 #4

Unfortunately, some kids are just wild LeftInTX Oct 2017 #7

Was it Ricky Bobby? sarcasmo Oct 2017 #5

brush

(53,871 posts)

1. That kid has a future in NASCAR if he stays out of jail.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 07:34 PM

Oct 2017

LisaL

(44,974 posts)

6. He is only 10 and already charged with a felony.

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:22 PM

Oct 2017

edbermac

(15,947 posts)

2. He's got a need for speed!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 07:55 PM

Oct 2017

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bagelsforbreakfast

(1,427 posts)

3. He did this twice because he was bored? This kid defines MENACE TO SOCIETY...

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 08:03 PM

Oct 2017

sl8

(13,893 posts)

4. Update - 10-year-old boy charged with felony

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:14 PM

Oct 2017

http://abcnews.go.com/US/10-year-leads-ohio-state-troopers-100-mph/story?id=50748195

LeftInTX

(25,556 posts)

7. Unfortunately, some kids are just wild

Reply to sl8 (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:30 PM

Oct 2017

It sounds like he needs some type of supervision that his parents can't provide him. I had a wild one. Although he didn't steal the car at age 10, he was into some bad stuff. When we were asleep at night, he would sneak out and do drugs. (He was 12) And I was a helicopter mom. He wore me ragged. I had to sleep sometime and when I did, he would sneak out. We tried to devise ways to keep him in the house.

I guess we could have hired ADT and installed close circuit cameras, but that wasn't done back then.

I homeschooled him just to keep him out of trouble.

He ended up getting into more trouble as he got older.

He's a college graduate now. But some kids are just wild.

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

5. Was it Ricky Bobby?

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:19 PM

Oct 2017

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