http://www.komotv.com/news/local/5234146.html
I just had to post this one
but how did the initial car chase go, I hear you ask?
it says he wanted to see his grandfather but he didn't like where he lived because....
remember this kid, we'll see future threads on him I'm sure. 
I just had to post this one
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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