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Teen Steals Two Vehicles, Leads Police On Low-Speed Chase
A 13-year-old Central Texas boy’s two-county crime spree came to an end Thursday when the stolen SUV he was driving hit a truck as he attempted to elude police in a low-speed pursuit through a residential neighborhood.
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May 22, 2008)—A 13-year-old Central Texas boy was in juvenile custody Thursday after stealing two vehicles, wrecking one of them and then leading police on a low-speed chase through a Waco neighborhood that ended when the stolen SUV he was driving hit a Coca Cola delivery truck.
The two-county crime spree started Thursday morning in Marlin where the teenager stole a passenger car after breaking into a house and stealing the resident’s purse and keys.
He headed toward Waco on Highway 6.
“He drove it to Riesel to the Cefco station where he attempted to buy gas, but he was unable to use her credit cards,” Riesel Police Chief Danny Krumnow said.
So the 13-year-old filled up and took off without paying, drove through a stop sign and into the side of an SUV, which ended up upside down.
Both of the occupants, a woman who is two-and-a-half months pregnant and her fiancée, were taken to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center.
The stolen car was too heavily damaged to drive, but somehow the teenager next turned up in Mart.
Police aren’t yet sure how he got there, but what they do know is that he stole a Ford Expedition from in front of a store and again headed toward Waco where officers, alerted to the theft, spotted the stolen SUV.
Officers gave chase in a pursuit that never got much above speeds of 30 miles per hour through a residential neighborhood off Orchard Lane.
The teen was arrested after the SUV bumped into the delivery truck at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and the Interstate 35 access road.
"I'm shocked that we're sitting here talking about having him; taking a ride to TYC and not to the emergency room,” said Scott Curry of the Mart Police Department.
“I mean we're talking about an SUV, he doesn't know how to handle a vehicle like that," Curry said.
(Adam Fox contributed to this story)
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Ok people...the fact is that this 13 year old child not only stole a car and some gas. He broke into a house, stole the occupants purse and keys, and then her car, and took it on a joy ride. Because he couldn't use the stolen credit cards to buy gas for his stolen car, he stole a full tank of gas. When he wrecked the car so bad he couldn't drive it any further, he stole ANOTHER car and took himself another little ride until he wrecked that one too! This isn't a 13 year old crying out for help - this is a criminal! And to said "mother," there's only one reason someone is homeless....no J-O-B. It isn't the responsibility of the tax-paying public to see that you have food and a roof over your head to house the kids you brought into the world and can't afford to raise. Your son is now in the FFA - FUTURE FELONS OF AMERICA - and it's YOUR fault. There are jobs everywhere if you are willing to lower yourself to do them.
So, the book will be an instructional manual on how to blame society for your child becoming a juvenile delinquent and a menace to society?
why where you homeless. get a job there is a lot of them out there.
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