7 year old steals car to avoid going to church

**Buttercup** · 07-31-09, 01:04 PM

Watch the video:

7-year-old steals car to escape church - NewsRunner

Thursday, July 30, 2009

PLAIN CITY, UT (KABC) -- A young car thief in Plain City, Utah, said he was just trying to get out of Sunday school.
Police video caught the pursuit on tape with the 7-year-old behind the wheel.
The boy ran a stop sign and nearly hit another vehicle before pulling into his family's driveway and running home.
When confronted by his father, the boy said he stole the car because he didn't want to go to church.

The boy is too young to prosecute, and deputies did not issue any citations.

**Jenna** · 07-31-09, 01:05 PM

Maybe he missed the class on "thou shalt not steal."

**Captain America** · 07-31-09, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Jenna

Maybe he missed the class on "thou shalt not steal."

That or he has a career future in politics.

**Morris** · 07-31-09, 06:32 PM

I'd have done the same thing.

Hated church.

**lewisipso** · 07-31-09, 07:47 PM

Belt.

**TXCharlie** · 07-31-09, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Morris

I'd have done the same thing.

Hated church.

Me too... And it didn't help that my mother nagged us endlessly on Sunday morning to hurry up. I never stole a car, but I've neen known to set the clocks & her watch back a couple of hours so we'd be late, or disable the car, misplace her keys, etc.

But then there was the belt...

**gopherpuckfan** · 07-31-09, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by lewisipso

Belt.

Yep

Or make him go out and cut a switch.

**pgg** · 07-31-09, 08:46 PM

Must have been a Catholic Church, you know the boy had to do something to protect himself

**Buttercup** · 07-31-09, 08:47 PM

He sure did take off running pretty quick when he finally stopped and got out of the car.

**gopherpuckfan** · 07-31-09, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Buttercup

He sure did take off running pretty quick when he finally stopped and got out of the car.

Methinks he's seen a few episodes of COPS

**Jenna** · 07-31-09, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by gopherpuckfan

Methinks he's seen a few episodes of COPS

Bad boy, bad boy, whatcha gonna do?

**TXCharlie** · 07-31-09, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Jenna

Bad boy, bad boy, whatcha gonna do?

Very good Jenna, but how did you know the lyrics? I thought you didn't have a TV

Or was that a little B&W TV that you keep in a closet?

**Jenna** · 07-31-09, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by TXCharlie

Very good Jenna, ut how did you know the lyrics? I thought you didn't have a TV

Or was that a little B&W TV that you keep in a closet?

I'm saving the little B&W TV that I keep in a closet for when the apocalypse comes and forces Al Gore to turn off the Internet he invented.

In the meantime, O/R + Youtube = all the benefits of cultural literacy without having to waste time and money on a real TV!

**CTR man** · 08-01-09, 12:05 AM

Very Good, Jenna. I like this version.

**Ducky** · 08-01-09, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by Morris

I'd have done the same thing.

Hated church.

+1.

**Captain America** · 08-01-09, 11:24 AM

That actually looks like Lewisipso bailing out of his unit for a foot pursuit except that the kid is much faster than he is.

**CTR man** · 08-01-09, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by pgg

Must have been a Catholic Church, you know the boy had to do something to protect himself

Originally Posted by Buttercup

PLAIN CITY, UT (KABC) -- A young car thief in Plain City, Utah, said he was just trying to get out of Sunday school.

Maybe so. There aren't very many Catholic Churches in Utah, though.

**JSO85360** · 08-01-09, 09:50 PM

Did it say who the car belonged too? If it was his families, the most you could have got him for ws unauthorized use (and no DL). And I agree, if it was a Catholic church, he has a right to protect himself from sexual harrassment...........