GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A ten-year-old Florida boy and his 11-year-old sister who have been working away to California drove 200 miles (320 kilometers) of their mom’s automobile earlier than they have been stopped by sheriff’s deputies on an interstate freeway, authorities mentioned.
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Workplace says deputies noticed the sedan on Interstate 75 close to Gainesville in north Florida simply earlier than 4 a.m. Thursday. The kids’s mom had reported it stolen and her kids lacking 4 hours earlier in North Port, a metropolis in southwest Florida.
The deputies, considering that they have been coping with automobile thieves, drew their weapons and ordered these contained in the automobile to step out.
“A lot to their shock, deputies noticed a 10-year-old male driver exit the automobile alongside together with his 11-year-old sister,” the division mentioned in an announcement.
The kids informed deputies the woman had been upset that their mom had taken away her digital gadgets for misbehaving, so the boy was driving her to California. The kids have been interviewed by detectives, who mentioned there was no indication that they had been mistreated by their mom or anybody else within the residence.
The mom declined to press prices and the youngsters have been launched to her.
The names of the mom and youngsters weren’t launched.
