Moment cops arrest teenage driver who took his friend on 1,300-mile joyride from Wisconsin to Florida
This is the moment police arrest a teenage driver who took his girlfriend on a 1,300-mile joyride from Wisconsin to Florida.
Jayden Reed, 17, was arrested Wednesday at a gas station in Palm Coast, about a 60-mile drive south of Jacksonville, after his father returned from an out-of-town trip to his home in Wisconsin to find his son and his silverware. Chrysler Sedan is missing.
“Deputies determined that (the teen) had stolen his father’s vehicle while on a business trip,” the sheriff’s office said.
“He was banned from driving his father’s car after being stopped by local police in Green Bay, Wisconsin for reckless driving a few weeks earlier,” officers said. “He stole the keys and left Wisconsin two or three days earlier.”
Reed had already been arrested on Tuesday for traveling 50 km/h in a school zone at a speed of 30 km/h. He reportedly said he was new to the area and didn’t realize he was driving through a school zone and was released with a written warning.
Jayden Reed, 17, was at a gas station in Palm Coast, about a 60-mile drive south of Jacksonville, on Wednesday after his father returned from an out-of-town trip to his home in Wisconsin to find his son and his silver. Chrysler Sedan is missing
On Tuesday, Reed (photo) had already been arrested for driving 50 km/h in a school zone where the speed limit was 30 km/h.
He said he was new to the area and didn’t realize he was driving through a school zone and was released with a written warning
The car was then located at the gas station, where Reed and his girlfriend, Katie Stevens (pictured), 18, were removed from the vehicle.
‘However, “a few hours later, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received information that a silver Chrysler matching the license plate of the car stopped earlier that morning had just been reported stolen,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Reed, the driver of the vehicle, had also been reported missing by Green Bay, Wisconsin police.
The car was then parked at the gas station Reed and his girlfriend, Katie Stevens, 18, were removed from the vehicle.
Reed was arrested for Grand Theft Auto and transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility before being transferred to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Daytona Beach.
“Stevens said she was traveling with Reed and her boyfriend, but claims her boyfriend was arrested on the way to Florida,” the sheriff’s office said.
She was arrested for Grand Theft Auto and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was taken to Sheriff Perry Hall Jail where she is currently being held on a $2,000 bond.
“I am incredibly proud of our hardworking team who quickly responded to alerts of a missing child and a stolen vehicle,” said Sheriff Rick Staly.
“Being a runaway in a stolen car is a recipe for disaster, but thanks to the efforts of our team, a stolen car was safely recovered, a missing youth was found and arrested before anyone could get hurt, and his adult accomplice is allowed to do the rest.” spend her life. Florida Vacation at the Green Roof Inn.”