This is the moment police arrest a teenage driver who took his girlfriend on a 1,300-mile trip from Wisconsin to Florida.
Jayden Reed, 17, was arrested at a gas station in Palm Coast, 60 miles 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 your money. The Chrysler Sedan is missing.
“Deputies determined that (the teen) had stolen his father’s vehicle while he was away on business,” the sheriff’s office said.
“He was prevented from driving his father’s car after being stopped by local police in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a few weeks earlier for reckless driving,” according to agents. “He had stolen the keys and left Wisconsin two or three days earlier.”
On Tuesday, Reed had already been arrested. for traveling 31 mph in a 20 mph school zone. He reportedly said he was new to the area and that he didn’t realize he was driving through a school zone and they let him go with a written warning.
Jayden Reed, 17, was located at a gas station in Palm Coast, 60 miles 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 your money. Chrysler Sedan is missing
On Tuesday, Reed (pictured) had already been stopped for traveling 31 mph in a 20 mph school zone.
He said he was new to the area and didn’t realize he was driving through a school zone and was let off with a written warning.
The car was then located at the gas station, where Reed and his friend, 18-year-old Katie Stevens (pictured), were removed from the vehicle.
‘A few hours later, however, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received information that a silver Chrysler matching the license plate of the one who had been stopped that morning had just been reported stolen,” the police said. sheriff’s office in a statement.
Reed, the driver of the vehicle, had also been registered as a missing person by the Green Bay Police Department in Wisconsin.
The vehicle was then located at the gas station, where Reed and his friend, 18-year-old Katie Stevens, were removed from the vehicle.
Reed was arrested for Grand Theft Auto and transported to Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Center before being turned over 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 while they were heading to Florida,” the sheriff’s office said.
She was arrested for Grand Theft Auto and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was transported to Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Center, where she is currently being held on $2,000 bail.
“I am incredibly proud of our hard-working team for quickly responding to alerts of a missing child and a stolen vehicle,” said Sheriff Rick Staly.
“Hiding away in a stolen car is a recipe for disaster, but thanks to our team’s efforts, a stolen car was safely recovered, a missing juvenile was found and arrested before anyone could be hurt, and his accomplice adult can spend the rest of their life vacationing in Florida at the Green Roof Inn.