http://www.komotv.com/news/local/5234146.html
I just had to post this one
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LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) - A 9-year-old boy who didn't like his suburban Tacoma home stole a car, got caught, then ran away again and flew to San Antonio with a plane change in Phoenix before he was arrested, authorities said.
Booker apparently got a boarding card and made it through airport security Tuesday, hopping two separate flights but landing in San Antonio, Texas - short of his Dallas destination, police said.
A Southwest Airlines spokesperson told KOMO 4 News: "This is a highly unusual situation that is still being investigated. What we know at this point is that the young man presented himself as a 12-year-old to our SEA (Seattle) ticket counter, requesting a boarding pass and saying that his mother was already in the boarding area. The young man's information matched a paid, ticketless reservation for the flight. Based on the information he gave us, he was issued a boarding pass. That is the boarding pass he used to board the flight."
Southwest says when the plane arrived in San Antonio, he tried to board a plane for Dallas but did not have information that matched any reservation. Police then took him into custody.
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but how did the initial car chase go, I hear you ask?
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Guttu said the diminutive boy's odyssey began Sunday when he stole an Acura that was left running outside a neighbor's house, only to be spotted by police near the interchange of Interstate 5 and State Route 512.
Police pursued young Booker on Highway 512 at 80 to 90 mph until he took an exit and the engine blew -- apparently the car was left in first gear the entire time -- after which the car went over a curb and coasted into a tree.
He refused to come out of the car, so officers broke a window to unlock a door and immediately recognized him as a frequent runaway and car thief, Guttu said. Last month he also crashed a stolen car before being caught by police in Tacoma, and more recently he was caught in Seattle in a stolen car that had run out of gas, his mother said.
She believes he learned to drive from playing video games on a PlayStation.
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it says he wanted to see his grandfather but he didn't like where he lived because....
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The boy's mother, Sakinah Booker, told The News Tribune he dislikes the Lakewood neighborhood where the family lives and is afraid of a sex offender who lives nearby.
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remember this kid, we'll see future threads on him I'm sure.
