"Was It You Again?" Elementary Student Involved in Last Week's Vehicle Theft Drives Off Himself This Time

Fled in Father's Car in Cheonan
Apprehended at Dangjin Internet Cafe After Four Hours

Another incident involving elementary school students stealing and fleeing in a vehicle has occurred in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. It has been confirmed that one of the students was also involved in a vehicle theft case that took place in Cheonan a week ago.

According to Yonhap News on May 20, at approximately 8:17 a.m. that day, the police received a 112 emergency call from an apartment in Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, reporting that "my son stole the car and ran away."

Police investigations found that Student A (age 12), along with his peer Student B, drove away in A's father's passenger car at around 6:30 a.m. that morning.

The vehicle they took was found at around 9:50 a.m. in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province. However, at the time of discovery, Student A and the others had already abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene.

While tracing their whereabouts, the police found and apprehended Student A and Student B at an internet cafe in Eumnae-dong, Dangjin, at around 10:20 a.m. It has been reported that there were no particular accidents during their journey from Cheonan to Dangjin.

It was determined that Student B was the one driving the vehicle. Student B had previously been among the students apprehended by the police a week ago in Cheonan, after riding in a stolen car that a friend had taken during a previous elementary school vehicle theft incident.

The police have booked Student A and Student B on charges of unlicensed driving under the Road Traffic Act and special theft, and plan to investigate the exact details and motives of the crime.

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