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Boy, 10, steals mom's car to visit her and leads police on dramatic high-speed chase

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Updated 10:12 6 Jun 2023 GMT+1Published 10:13 6 Jun 2023 GMT+1

Boy, 10, steals mom's car to visit her and leads police on dramatic high-speed chase

A 10-year-old boy is accused of stealing a car and leading police on a chase on the freeway.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

A 10-year-old boy has been accused of stealing a car and leading police on a chase on the freeway.

Most kids would jump for joy at having a weekend away from their parents, able to sneakily nab more sweets, extend your bedtime by a couple of hours and watch TV until your eyes turn square.

But for one 10-year-old from Michigan, the homesickness became so strong that he seemingly went to great lengths to see his mother.

On Saturday (27 May), at around 1:40pm, Michigan State Police troopers received a call from OnStar - an in-vehicle security service and subsidiary of General Motors.

A 2017 Buick Encore was reported by the service as having been stolen and travelling on southbound l-75 at high speeds, police said.

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Multiple 911 phone calls also came in, with reports of a child having been spotted behind the wheel of a car, driving along the same road.

Michigan police received calls of a child behind the wheel on the freeway.
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Troopers were quickly dispatched to the location of the vehicle - which was able to be pinpointed by the car's OnStar system.

However, once police got near it, the vehicle failed to slow down despite the sirens and flashing lights.

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According to a series of tweets by Michigan State Police, the driver did not attempt to stop the car.

A brief police chase commenced, with dash cam footage showing the 2017 Buick Encore swerving over multiple lanes with its back lights blinking.

With the help of the OnStar in-vehicle system, the car was remotely disabled and slowly came to a standstill, colliding slightly with a rail on the side of the freeway.

The vehicle was caught on police dash cam footage swerving across the freeway.
Michigan State Police

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The dash cam footage shows the driver door of the car opening and, according to police, the 10-year-old attempted to run from the scene, fleeing into the woods at the side of the road.

The young child - who is thought to have been living with relatives at the time of the incident - was quickly caught by police and reportedly told them that he had stolen the SUV to try visit his mother in Detroit.

MSP Lt. Kimberly Vetter told MLive the vehicle was stolen from a house on Hess Avenue in Buena Vista Township, Michigan.

Thankfully, no one was injured during the incident and the vehicle only suffered minor damage when it bumped into the guardrail on the freeway.

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It has not yet been confirmed if the 10-year-old will face any criminal charges, however, he was taken to Saginaw County Juvenile Center shortly after being apprehended by police, as per The Detroit News.

If he does face criminal charges, Mail Online reports that the 10-year-old could face single counts of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle, fourth-degree fleeing and eluding police, and assaulting, resisting, or obstructing police.

Featured Image Credit: Michigan State Police

Topics: Parenting, Cars, US News, Crime, Police

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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