A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in New York Metropolis after allegedly stealing a Hyundai Santa Fe with a 16-year-old feminine confederate, main police on a chase that solely ended after the child crashed the SUV. Making the incident all of the weirder is the truth that the 12-year-old needed to set up a booster seat to drive the automotive.

Native police say that the 2 thieves took off with a Santa Fe in Staten Island on Monday night and proceeded to hurry over the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. Authorities have been capable of observe down the boy and woman on Tuesday morning at round 11 a.m. and tried to drag them over.

Nonetheless, the younger driver hit the fuel and fled, hitting numerous autos close to Houston and Allen Streets round Chinatown. The chase continued by the streets till the 12-year-old crashed the Santa Fe right into a Hyundai Kona on the Decrease East Aspect.

commercial scroll to proceed

Watch: Suspected Drunk Driver Thinks He’s Free To Go If He Places The Vodka In The Trunk

Police haven’t launched the names of the 2 suspects due to their ages however confirmed that they had been charged with legal possession of stolen property, reckless endangerment, and unauthorized use of a automobile with the proprietor’s consent, the New York Publish experiences.

“The lackadaisical enforcement of and adherence to our legal guidelines has now trickled all the way down to our faculties, the place kids now suppose they’ll do no matter they need with no penalties,” a regulation enforcement official informed the publication. “[Elected officials] have established a permission construction for youths to commit critical crimes that might doubtlessly result in the loss of life of others. However God forbid we do automotive stops anymore. This harmless youth could must be topic to the legal justice system,” he quipped.

The 12-year-old boy and the 16-year-old woman will face costs as juveniles in Household Court docket.

Hyundai Santa FE 1024x576 - Auto Recent