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Subscribe to RSSA teenage boy in Ohio is in police custody after he stole a city bus early Thursday and took it for a five-mile joyride before he was arrested, according to local reports.
Officials said the bus had minor damage, including a cracked window and a smashed mirror, after the 16-year-old broke into the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and boarded a bus that was in for maintenance and started it, RTA spokesperson Mary Shaffer told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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“There are no keys,” Shaffer said. “It’s an intricate series of buttons.”
The teen then allegedly drove the bus in the city for about five miles before police tracked him down. An RTA supervisor spotted the bus at 5:43 a.m., parked miles away with the teen at the wheel.
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RTA police took the teen into custody and turned him over to the Cleveland police, Shaffer said.
In a statement, RTA police said that the teen's identify would not be released because he is a juvenile.
The RTA is investigating the breach of security, Shaffer said, adding that the building has security fencing and cameras but no overnight security guards. RTA police patrol the facility at night.
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the kid asked his mom for a ride.she said no take the bus.
kudos good one....you may have a cookie.........
I guess the RTA police who were supposed to patrolling the lot were taking their union mandated morning nap when the kid came into the lot, started a bus, and drove off. How else do you explain the fact that the police did not hear the noise of a bus starting up. There should definitely be an investigation of exactly what these officers were doing when the bus was stolen, because they certainly were not doing their job. Of course even if it does come out that they were off doing something they should not have been the union will fight for them to keep their jobs. After all, they need to keep those dues rolling.
Yada Yada Yada.. There at best should be an investigation of where was this kids parents.. Then maybe one about you having a keyboard.
When will people start taking responsibility for their own actions?
JS - why do you blame someone else for what this person did? You are a clear sign of our decaying society.
let me guess one said...."start"
RFLOL YEP that sounds about right Green Button with START on it...
he was probably still sitting there cause he couldn't spell or didnt know what the word "off" meant and mashing the start button over and over wouldn't shut it down like his computer............
And Theodore will forever after be known as Bus Ted.
you're obviously not a union member..
a 16 yo kid driving a city bus at 5 in the morning and the RTA was the only one to notice and even then they had to make the arrest?.....way to go CPD.... of course waking ya up would have been rude.
I wonder if this kid's mom was the one who got "knocked the f--k out" by the bus driver last night...
I saw that video! Man he cocked her...then gave her the heave ho onto her face. LOL...Heave ho...LOL
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/12/cleveland-bus-driver-suspended-after-video-shows-him-punching-female-rider/
LOL, that was a strait up johnny cage start from the kneecap upper-cut.
"Flawless Victory"
"Bitchshutthe@!$%#upality!"
and these cameras do what exactly if no one is there to watch them? bet ya loved spending the taxpayer money on that shinny new "security" system though...now didn't ya......
So banks should shut off their security cameras when they are not there?
Was the joyrider's name Kaqwan? Or is that just a name in Bridgeport?
I'm pretty sure his name was Otto.
"...the building has security fencing and cameras but no overnight security guards. RTA police patrol the facility at night."
So let me get this straight, the RTA police patrol the facility AT NIGHT, but there's no one watching the place AT NIGHT?
He mistakenly thought that the 'Browns' were on the bus, and simply wanted to get them out of town before the fans took matters into their own hands!
What does anyone expect from a teen who has no supervision, because the do gooders in this society will not let parents discipline their kids, and who knows nothing will happen to him (her) if they get caught? Thanks a lot you Judges!
Dumb Seal. (Look up the word for seal in French).
Wow! Sixteen comments, and so far no one has blamed this on Obama. I'm impressed!
I'm just impressed that he had no formal training in a large vehicle and made it 5 miles with only minor damage! Kid has a future!
When LIBERALS wake up we should sterilize and eliminate voting privileges for all families (mother, father (if he can be found-else cut the benefits in 1/2), children) living off any type welfare (food, housing, homeless, living, ...) for over 6 months. This would eventually lead to an end of poverty, crime and make the future better instead of perpetuating the problem as we've been doing since the 1960's
Troll.
Maybe instead of calling it "joyriding" and thereby trivializing it as mere juvenile delinquency, we should call it what it is-- grand theft auto-- and sentence him accordingly. One reason that these young adults (notice that I did not say "children") commit these crimes is because they know that they will receive a relatively light penalty-- the old "slap-on-the-wrist." Five years behind bars and a chain gang to earn his keep until his release might give the next would-be teenaged autho thief a moment of pause about stealing a bus!