Kids take mom's car when electronics are taken away.

One September morning, a 10-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister caused a stir when they hijacked their mother's car from North Port, Florida. Police stopped the unidentified minors on a freeway near Gainesville, after the mother reported her white sedan missing at around 3:50 a.m.

The siblings had made a 200 mile journey in the car, and were pulled over at gunpoint. When their mother arrived to pick them up from the police station, it became clear that the children had taken the car out of frustration.

The Alachua County Sheriff's Department took to Facebook to shed a bit more light on the incident. They wrote that the children had been reported missing by their mother, and had taken the car "because they were upset with their mother because she took away their electronic devices, which is believed to have been done because they were not using them appropriately."

The department also commented that they did not believe anyone at home was mistreating the children, and that the mother was "very receptive to the recommendations they provided in helping her get assistance."

Though the mother chose not to pursue the stolen vehicle case, the children could still face charges for operating a vehicle without a driver's license. It is a reminder that, sometimes, children can act out of frustration and impulsively try to find solutions to their problems.

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