Thursday, April 21, 2011
CINCINNATI (AP) — Police in the Cincinnati area say a 12-year-old boy tried a carjacking of an SUV in a suburban shopping center parking lot.
Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies say the vehicle owner reported that the boy opened the SUV’s door and said he wanted it Wednesday evening. Police say the driver challenged him, and the boy ran into the Kenwood Towne Centre just northeast of Cincinnati.
A deputy and mall security officers surrounded the boy and took him into custody. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports they say he was armed with a butcher knife. No one was injured.
Police say the boy was taken to the juvenile detention center on charges of aggravated robbery and obstructing official business.