Florida deputies arrest 10-year-old driver and 11-year-old sister who tried to flee to California

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office said the children's mother chose not to press charges.

Two young siblings were arrested hundreds of miles from their Florida home early Thursday after stealing their mother's car and trying to flee to California.

According to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, officers stopped a white sedan on Interstate 75 in Alachua just before 4 a.m. local time.

“The vehicle was reported stolen from North Port, Florida, which required officers to conduct a high-risk traffic stop,” the sheriff's office said. “To their surprise, deputies saw a 10-year-old driver exit the vehicle, accompanied by his 11-year-old sister.”

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Authorities said they later learned the children had been reported missing to the North Port Police Department and “the stolen vehicle belonged to their mother.”

CBS affiliate WTSP-TV noted that the couple was picked up more than 200 miles from their home in Sarasota County.

The decision to steal the car came after the siblings were upset that their mother had confiscated their electronic devices, the sheriff's office added. “It is believed that this was done because they were not using them appropriately,” they added.

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North Port police spokesman Josh Taylor said USA today that the mother realized that her car, her children and some of their clothes were missing around 11:25 p.m. that evening. She then called the police. The identity of the family has not been released at this time.

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The interactions the children had with deputies did not lead them to believe that the children had been “mistreated by their parent or any other person in the household,” the department continued.

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Sheriff's Office detectives said they also spoke with the mother, who was “clearly doing her best to raise two young children and she was very receptive to the recommendations they made to help her get help “.

According to the sheriff's office, the mother chose not to press charges, so the only criminal charge that could be brought against the children is driving without a valid license.

“This crime constitutes a criminal traffic violation and a juvenile will not be accepted into the juvenile justice department for criminal offenses,” they added.

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