MINNEAPOLIS— Minneapolis police arrested a 10-year-old boy last month for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle near a schoolyard — and it’s not the boy’s first run-in with the law, police said.
The September 20 incident was captured on video. Minneapolis police said it happened at Nellie Stone Johnson School in north Minneapolis when the playground was “crowded.”
“Fortunately, no children on the playground were struck by the driver,” the department said.
Minneapolis Police Department
Police booked the 10-year-old into the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center on Thursday. According to the department, this is at least his third arrest and he is a suspect in a dozen cases ranging from “car theft to robbery to assault with a dangerous weapon.”
“It is unfathomable that a 10-year-old boy would be involved in this level of criminal activity without effective intervention,” said Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “Prison is not an acceptable option for a ten-year-old boy. But the adults who can stop this behavior in the future must act now to help this child and his family.”
Police said the boy’s relatives are cooperating and “have asked for help to prevent their son or anyone else from being injured or killed.”
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