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Teen faces charges after joyriding in SUV
Oakland Tribune, Oct 21, 2005 by Amy Yarbrough, STAFF WRITER
COLMA -- A 13-year-old's joyride turned out to be not so joyous after he was arrested for stealing a luxury sport utility vehicle from a dealership, police said.
Employees at the Colma GMC/Pontiac dealership on Serramonte Boulevard called 9-1-1 just after 11 a.m., after the teen drove a Cadillac Escalade off of their lot, said Colma police
Sgt. Colm Quinn.
Initially, the employees thought the boy was 16 or 17. Police discovered he was just 13 -- two years shy of being eligible for a learner's permit -- after tracking down his parents.
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The employees told police that the boy had walked onto the showroom floor and grabbed the keys to a black 2002 Cadillac Escalade off a hook. They last saw him and the SUV--worth $37,000 -- headed west on Serramonte Boulevard toward Interstate 280.
When officers arrived at the dealership, employees remembered that they had seen the boy there on Saturday, when he came in with some relatives to look at other cars, Quinn said.
Using that information, police called officers at San Francisco's Bayview station, and the boy was arrested at his Bayview-Hunters Point home, about a half-hour after employees made the 9-1-1 call. The SUV was found undamaged.
"It was very quick. He was already arriving as we were talking with San Francisco police," Quinn said. "Everything fell together."
The boy was arrested on suspicion of stealing the SUV and driving without a license. His case will be reviewed by San Mateo County Juvenile Probation and forwarded to the District Attorney's Office.
Quinn said the boy told officers that he took the SUV to get attention.
Staff writer Amy Yarbrough covers police and public safety. She can be reached at (650) 348-4339 or ayarbrough@sanmateocountytimes.com.
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