A young brother and sister who took their mother's car on a ride after she took away their electronic devices were stopped by police on a Florida highway about 200 miles from home, authorities said.
Deputies stopped the pair, a 10-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl, about 3:50 a.m. Thursday as they rode in their mother's sedan on Interstate 75 in Alachua, Florida, about 16 miles north of Gainesville, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The boy was driving, the sheriff's office said.
The two ended up a 3-hour ride north of home in North Port, Florida, after they ran away because their mother seized their electronic devices, the office said in a follow-up statement Friday. The parent reported them missing, it said.
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When deputies spotted the sedan, which had been reported as stolen, they stopped it and ordered the people inside out at gunpoint.
"Much to their surprise, deputies observed a 10-year-old male driver exit the vehicle, along with his 11-year-old sister," the sheriff's office said.
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