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[gertrudecloset]

What's going on with our kids?  Something's terribly wrong.

13-year-old leads Nebraska troopers on 100 mph chase, state police say

A 13-year-old girl led Nebraska troopers on a high-speed chase for nearly 20 minutes before authorities were able to stop the vehicle and take her and an 11-year-old passenger into custody, Nebraska State Patrol said.

Troopers spotted the Nissan Pathfinder on Monday night traveling about 35 mph on Interstate 80 near Kearney and attempted a traffic stop, a news release said. A spokesperson said the vehicle was traveling under the posted minimum speed limit, which prompted the stop.

The teen driver accelerated and fled troopers "at a high rate of speed," according to the release, reaching speeds exceeding 100 mph.

Authorities used stop sticks to slow the vehicle. The teen is alleged to have exited the interstate but continued at a slower speed.

"A short time later, the trooper was able to successfully perform a tactical vehicle intervention to bring the vehicle to a stop," the Nebraska State Patrol said.

The entire chase lasted about 16 minutes.

The teen driver and the 11-year-old boy, from Colorado, were taken into custody without further incident and placed in protective custody, the agency said. Troopers searched the vehicle and found a firearm and a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, the news release said.

The driver was cited for flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia and numerous traffic violations, the spokesperson said.

The passenger was cited for carrying a concealed weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia.

[Laura14]

Okay I know laws are such that if it's in the vehicle, the driver gets the charge, but are these really the kids' guns and drugs or a bad drug dealing parent's vehicle they simply went joy riding in? 

[teganslaw]

After reading all these stories, I'm glad that I never had children.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

Wow.! Just Wow!

[Sooner]

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@Laura14 wrote:

Okay I know laws are such that if it's in the vehicle, the driver gets the charge, but are these really the kids' guns and drugs or a bad drug dealing parent's vehicle they simply went joy riding in? 

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@Laura14 I don't see it makes any difference.  It's not like these kids are innocent or didn't know what they were doing.  That's no "joy ride"-- that's evading the police big time. 

[gertrudecloset]

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@Laura14 wrote:

Okay I know laws are such that if it's in the vehicle, the driver gets the charge, but are these really the kids' guns and drugs or a bad drug dealing parent's vehicle they simply went joy riding in? 

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Very good question.  I don't know.  I was looking for more information, but found no other details.  I also find it odd that no citation was given for operating a vehicle while being a minor.  I don't know of any State that allows 13 year olds to drive with or without an adult @Laura14 

[millieshops]

@gertrudecloset   I'd have to know far more to begin to feel I know why they are what they are although I do know it's not just kids today.  The variety of behaviors within any gneration of kids has been huge for all my long life.   

[threecees]

What's going on with kids? Look at the parents first I would have to say or

lack thereof parenting.

[TheMemphisVette]

Bonnie and Clyde.....the pre-teen years

[gertrudecloset]

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@millieshops wrote:

@gertrudecloset   I'd have to know far more to begin to feel I know why they are what they are although I do know it's not just kids today.  The variety of behaviors within any gneration of kids has been huge for all my long life.   

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I don't understand what you're trying to relay @millieshops .  I'm merely stating the fact that so many young ones are in the news for some reason or another these days.  Just an observation.  I don't expect anyone to provide material for a dissertation on the subject. No worries