Shock: 11-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed And Detained As Car Theft Suspect

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People are imagining their own 11-year-old child being handcuffed by police after seeing a story about a girl that age being detained as a car theft suspect. The story for sure is shocking to people who are just going about their normal business. However, to us it’s just another day and for good reason.

Watch two boys no older than ten with a crashed, obviously stolen Hyundai, caught on camera.

What happened in Syracuse, New York recently was the girl and her friends were walking home from school when Onondaga County deputies approached the kids and singled the one girl out. Telling her she wasn’t free to go, they handcuffed her as her shocked cousin pulled out her cellphone and started recording everything.

A dashcam had recorded a stolen Kia in the area and the girl in the footage was wearing similar clothing. That’ why deputies detained the 11-year-old until they could determine it wasn’t her in the video.

But people are outraged cops would think such a young child would steal a car. And that’s where we want to laugh, bitterly. After all, we’ve seen and covered so many stories of kids that girls age and younger, some as young as 8, not only stealing cars, but some of them carjacking victims at gunpoint.

For those who don’t pay attention to car thefts nationwide, they don’t know we have an epidemic of kids stealing vehicles, in particular Kias and Hyundais. After all, there are walkthroughs on how to swipe those on social media and they’re super easy to steal.

Plus, there are theft rings actively recruiting kids to steal cars for them. They know the youth won’t get much of a punishment when they’re caught, keeping their workforce productive. And kids don’t ask for much in the way of monetary compensation.

It’s unfortunate this girl was handcuffed for seven minutes, but we don’t think the deputies were being outrageous to single her out as a potential suspect. After all, she reportedly looked a lot like the person in the video.

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By Steven Symes

Steven Symes is an accomplished automotive journalist with a passion for all things related to cars. His extensive knowledge and love for the automotive world shine through in his writing, which covers a diverse range of topics.

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