Minneapolis police arrested a 10-year-old boy for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle near a school playground last month - and it's not the boy's first brush with the law, police said.
Police booked the 10-year-old into the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center Thursday. According to the department, this is at least his third arrest and he is a suspect in a dozen cases ranging from "auto theft to robbery to assault with a dangerous weapon."Minneapolis police arrested a 10-year-old boy for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle near a school playground last month - and it's not the boy's first brush with the law, police said.
Police said the boy's family members are cooperating and "have asked for help to keep their son or anyone else from being injured or killed." "We are facing an urgent crisis in our community related to a small group of children who are not competent to stand trial in the juvenile justice system, but who cannot safely be at home," an attorney's office spokesperson said in a statement.
O'Hara echoed the need for residential placement for young offenders at a Friday afternoon press conference. The closings came after leaders in Hennepin and Ramsey counties decided to move away from the practice of confining child offenders in favor of a new data-driven system emphasizing the use of alternative methods like intensive treatment homes and community- and cultural-specific programs.
"We're failing these kids," Martin told WCCO in 2022. "The criminal justice system no longer holds them accountable or provides meaningful intervention to them."
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