An 8-year-old Californian boy stole his teacher’s car keys and took her minivan for a joyride, cruising safely home and into the record books as the city’s youngest auto thief, police said.
Police officers said he “just wanted to drive around for a while” when he left the James Marshall School on Monday.
The Kid in his third standard snatched the keys from teacher Caren Brady’s purse when she turned her back to the class. In order to operate the Dodge Caravan, he raised the driver’s seat, lowered the steering wheel, adjusted the rearview mirror and turned off the radio.
The kid, was suspended from school, Brady said. As nothing was damaged and no one was injured police said they wouldn’t charge him with a crime.
It’s no wonder that the boy’s favorite video game is “Grand Theft Auto”, says the kid’s mom.