Walton County Sheriff vehicle.Photo:Walton County Sheriff/Facebook
Walton County Sheriff/Facebook
A teen boy in Florida was pulled over for “driving erratically” on a highway at 2 a.m. this week, before police found a loaded revolver in the vehicle.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office announced in asocial media postthat a 13-year-old boy, whose identity has not been shared, was driving an SUV down Highway 98 near County Highway 393 North on Thursday.
After the teen “struck a large construction barrel as the vehicle entered a construction zone” authorities were able to stop the SUV, police said.
After searching the vehicle, officers found a fully loaded 38 special revolver, a vape and a marijuana pipe, per the social media post.
Police vehicle.Getty
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The sheriff’s office then issued the teen a criminal citation for driving without a license. As of Thursday afternoon, a warrant was “being applied for on charges of minor in possession of a firearm,” police said.
“School Resource Deputies have followed up with the family and the child has been placed in distance learning pending possible arrest,” a Facebook post from the department concluded.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Sunday.
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According to theMiami Herald, officials shared that the citation they issued to the boy “is the same as an arrest without being physically booked.”
source: people.com
