A 12-year-old boy driving a stolen construction vehicle led police in Michigan on an hourlong chase, striking about 10 parked vehicles in the process, the Ann Arbor Police Department said.
The vehicle, a Construction Genie GTH-636 Telehandler — equipped with a forklift and weighing up to 35,000 pounds — was stolen from outside Forsythe Middle School using a key found in the cab, police said.
"This was a very dangerous situation that could’ve easily ended with serious injuries," police said in a statement. "The incident remains an active and ongoing criminal investigation."
Police were first called to the school around 6:45 p.m. and later found the boy driving down a street without the vehicle's headlights on. With emergency lights on and sirens blaring, multiple officers pursued the vehicle at 15 to 20 mph through the Georgetown Boulevard neighborhood, police said.
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The boy, whose identity was not released because he is a minor, was taken into custody Saturday night and put in a juvenile detention center.
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