Minnesota boy arrested after allegedly driving stolen car near playground where children were playing

A 10-year-old lad was arrested successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, aft allegedly stealing a car and driving recklessly adjacent a schoolhouse playground, wherever helium astir deed different children who were playing.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Friday that the incidental happened connected Sept. 20 astatine the playground extracurricular of Nellie Stone Johnson School, according to Fox 9. 

Surveillance footage shows the lad driving the stolen conveyance backmost and distant down the playground earlier driving onto the sidewalk, which is conscionable feet distant from the playground, arsenic children were nearby.

No children were struck by the vehicle, according to O’Hara.

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A 10-year-old lad was arrested successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, aft stealing a car and driving recklessly adjacent a schoolhouse playground, (Fox 9)

O’Hara said the 10-year-old was identified arsenic the operator connected Thursday. He was arrested and booked into the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention connected probable origin of second-degree assault.

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office said successful a property merchandise connected Friday that it has filed charges successful this case, Fox 9 reported. O'Hara said the lad has been charged with reckless driving and receiving stolen property.

The attorney's bureau besides said that a idiosyncratic cannot beryllium prosecuted if they are not susceptible of assisting their lawyers successful their defence oregon if they cannot recognize the ineligible proceedings.

A court-appointed scientist volition find whether a idiosyncratic is competent and taxable their sentiment to the judge, who volition marque the last decision. If a kid is recovered not competent, the kid volition beryllium released from custody, and the lawsuit volition either beryllium dismissed oregon suspended.

Surveillance footage shows the lad driving the stolen conveyance backmost and distant down the playground earlier driving onto the sidewalk. (Fox 9)

"We are facing an urgent situation successful our assemblage related to a tiny radical of children who are not competent to basal proceedings successful the juvenile justness system, but who cannot safely beryllium astatine home," the attorney's bureau said successful a statement. "We are actively engaged with instrumentality enforcement, arsenic good arsenic region and authorities partners, astir the captious request for harmless and due out-of-home placements for children with these analyzable needs who necessitate specialized care. We cannot complaint oregon prosecute our mode retired of this crisis."

"What we request is clear: residential placements with varying levels of information successful our assemblage that are resourced and staffed to beryllium capable to judge and successfully dainty our younker with analyzable needs," the connection added. "And we request urgent and contiguous enactment to code this contented now."

The lad has allegedly stolen cars successful the past arsenic well, having been arrested successful astatine slightest 2 different incidents related to car theft, O'Hara said. He is besides listed arsenic a fishy successful much than a twelve different cases, including for car theft, battle with a unsafe limb and robbery.

The child's transgression past dates backmost to May 2023. He has astir 30 records, and astir of them are runaway incidents. The boy's household is cooperating with instrumentality enforcement and has asked for assistance to "keep their lad oregon anyone other from being injured oregon killed," police said successful a property release, according to Fox 9.

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No children were struck by the vehicle, constabulary said. (Fox 9)

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Charges successful a antithetic incidental from August were filed connected Friday, O'Hara said. In that case, the lad and different minors approached a unfortunate with a weapon successful his hand, and threatened her by saying "I volition gut you" portion attempting to bargain her car.

The lad was charged successful that lawsuit with threats of unit and an effort to perpetrate car theft, O'Hara said.

"It is unfathomable that a 10-year-old lad has had this level of transgression enactment without effectual intervention," O'Hara said. "Prison is not an acceptable enactment for a 10-year-old boy. But the adults who tin halt this behaviour going guardant indispensable enactment now. This is lone 1 illustration of the revolving doorway we’re dealing with – arresting and re-arresting the aforesaid juveniles for auto-theft and different convulsive crimes. This is simply a analyzable issue, and we request each entity progressive successful involution to travel unneurotic instantly to found short- and semipermanent solutions."