LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. — A 11-year-old Georgia boy led police on a high-speed chase topping 100 mph before crashing the car, according to WTOC.
Hinesville police said a boy took a black Dodge Ram pickup truck from an address in Fort Stewart and drove into Hinesville Wednesday morning.
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Polices said he drove into a bank parking lot where he hit and ATM, causing minor damage. Bank employees reported the incident and police put a BOLO out for the truck.
Police spotted the truck and tried to stop it, but the boy hit a Chevy Equinox and sped away.
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The boy drove into Liberty County, where deputies picked up the chase, which reached 100 mph.
State Troopers said the child tried to turn the truck onto I-95 but missed and drove into the mud, where troopers were able to stop him.
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Officers discovered that the truck was owned by the boy’s stepfather.
This child, who hasn’t been identified because he is a minor, was released into his mother’s custody. He’s being charged with receiving stolen property, fleeing, not wearing a seatbelt and not having a license.
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