A 12-year-old kid was arrested this week in Michigan after he reportedly led police on an hour-long chase in a stolen forklift. And I’m a bit torn over it.
On the one hand, stealing a vehicle? Not cool. Taking it for a joyride on public roads, endangering yourself and - perhaps even more importantly - other innocent people? Very not cool. Nor is running from the cops.
But the fact that a 12-year-old was able to operate a forklift well enough to evade the police for an hour? If we weren’t talking about a dangerous crime that could've killed somebody, I might almost be willing to award some points there.
According to reports, the piece of machinery was left in an Ann Arbor middle school parking lot with the keys inside - likely by someone who didn’t ever imagine that anyone would try to nick it, let alone a kid. And yet, here we are. Police were notified around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday that the child was rolling around the city in the giant 35,000-lb. vehicle with the lights turned off. But it wasn’t until about an hour later - after a 20-mile-per-hour, low-speed chase - that they were finally able to pull the kid over and arrest him.
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But only after the boy had hit about 10 vehicles in the process.
Video from the scene was as bizarre as it sounds.
Police in Michigan say a 12-year-old boy stole a forklift after finding the vehicle unlocked with the keys still inside.
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Authorities say no one was injured during the hour-long pursuit, but multiple parked vehicles were struck by the forklift. https://t.co/WWPwoxpgWV pic.twitter.com/tINNrAxDMz
Officers say the incident remains an active and ongoing criminal investigation. Perhaps while they're at it, they could look into why it took the cops a full hour to stop a prepubescent kid plodding along at well under a school zone speed limit in a piece of construction equipment.
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