13 year old Arkansas boy steals grandparent's car to meet girlfriend in Connecticut

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Using the car's navigational system, Saline County, Ark. authorities alerted Shelby County officials that the boy was driving through the area on Interstate 40 around 6 a.m., said Shelby County Sheriff's spokesman Earle Farrell Show Caption "OnStar in his grandparents' car pinpointed his location and our deputies were alerted and pulled him over," Farrell said. The boy was stopped driving a 2017 Chevrolet Sonic on I-40 eastbound at mile marker 22, near the Canada Road exit, Farrell said.

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"He drove on the interstate at night and made it all the way from Arkansas to Shelby County," Farrell said. "He told deputies he was driving to Connecticut to see his girlfriend." He had 1,100 miles and 17 more hours to go before he reached her, according to directions on Google Maps.

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