12-year-old local boy skips school, steals dad’s truck 'for 300-mile joyride'

Wtvr.com reports: A 12-year-old boy skipped school, police said, and took a joyride in his dad’s F150 Ford pickup truck – across state lines. The boy’s escape was unnoticed by his parents. It wasn’t until Prince George County police received a “help to notify” call from South Carolina Highway Patrol around 1:15 p.m. Thursday. The boy, who will not be identified because of his age, took the truck over 300 miles. “We were called by South Carolina State Police to go to an address on Walton Lake Road,” said Prince George County Lt. Paul Burroughs. Turns out, the boy was supposed to be in class at J. E. J. Moore Middle School in Prince George, but instead SCHP pulled him over on interstate 95. Highway Patrol officers tell CBS-6 a driver called about an erratic driver near I-95 and Route 501 in Marion County, South Carolina...