BOCA RATON, Fla., May 6 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old Florida girl was arrested after she allegedly stole a car at a gas station pump, and ordered the 12-year-old girl inside to get out, police said.
The alleged thief Tuesday in Boca Raton rushed into the car's driver's seat while the victim's father paid for gas. The father left the motor running and the doors unlocked, the Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
The suspect took off in the car after the victim left, the newspaper said.
Police said they saw the car on the road and laid down spiked stop sticks. The suspect came to a stop in a parking lot, but backed up into a police car as the officer was getting out of his car to approach her.
The officer was not hurt and the suspect was arrested.
The suspect told detectives she and a friend sat on a bench at the gas station for around three hours, and that her friend told her to steal the car. She said she had been involved in stealing a car from the same gas station on Monday, the newspaper reported.
A police investigation and further charges are pending, police said.
The alleged thief Tuesday in Boca Raton rushed into the car's driver's seat while the victim's father paid for gas. The father left the motor running and the doors unlocked, the Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
The suspect took off in the car after the victim left, the newspaper said.
Police said they saw the car on the road and laid down spiked stop sticks. The suspect came to a stop in a parking lot, but backed up into a police car as the officer was getting out of his car to approach her.
The officer was not hurt and the suspect was arrested.
The suspect told detectives she and a friend sat on a bench at the gas station for around three hours, and that her friend told her to steal the car. She said she had been involved in stealing a car from the same gas station on Monday, the newspaper reported.
A police investigation and further charges are pending, police said.