11-year old girl charged in DUI/chase

[Sonny]

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — An 11-year-old Perdido Key girl has been charged with driving under the influence after she led Orange Beach police on a high-speed chase.

Greg Duck, Orange Beach assistant police chief, said the Tuesday night chase — which was caught on a dashboard camera in a police cruiser — started about 10:30 p.m. in Orange Beach near the Florida line. It ended just inside the Gulf Shores city limits when the girl crashed and rolled the Chevy Monte Carlo she was driving.

Duck said the chase began when a patrol officer saw the car speeding west along Alabama 182. When the officer flicked on his lights to pull the car over, it sped up.

Police said the car sideswiped another vehicle during the chase, which reached speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. Investigators said the girl was taken to South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. She was treated for minor injuries and released.

11 years old??? wow....
http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070706/NEWS01/707060324/1006

[Danny Hogan]

if you are as tall as the bar you're legal in alabama

[Jolly Roger]

if you are as tall as the bar you're legal in alabama

... and if you can hang on to a brass pole, you can dance in Florida

[Danny Hogan]

the panhandle abides by both

[LaxRef]

A weirder high-speed chase (from http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw070624.html ):

Michael Wiley of Port Richey, Fla., in News of the Weird last year for his maniacal driving despite having lost both arms and half a leg in a childhood accident, was back in trouble in May, leading police on (and winning) a high-speed chase (but they recognized the notorious Wiley behind the wheel and arrested him the next day). Said an acquaintance, to the St. Petersburg Times, "He's one of the best drivers I've ever seen in my life." [St. Petersburg Times, 5-9-07]

[nine]

haha i remember that guy. he drives with his face. and apparently he's pretty good at it

[Campbell]

more pre-teen shenanigans:

ENID, Oklahoma (AP) -- Detectives arrested a 12-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister for allegedly abducting their neighbor's 1-year-old son and demanding $200,000 for his return.

Brandon Wells was back at home Thursday night, hours after intruders broke into his family's residence and took him while his mother, Sheila Wells, slept, police said.

"I've been doing this 18 1/2 years, and this is the first time I know of when a 10- and a 12-year-old kidnapped a 1-year-old," said police Capt. Dean Grassino. "It definitely ranks up there with the unusual crimes."

The siblings, who were not identified because of their ages, are accused of sneaking into Wells' home at about 5:30 a.m., taking Brandon and leaving a ransom note.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/06/young.kidnappers.ap/index.html

[KnoxVegas]

Roll Tide has a whole new meaning. There is precedent for this. As evidence, I put forth the 2002 documentary Sweet Home Alabama and this scene about a minute into this clip:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZY1dQZjDOjA[/youtube]