A bit of a change for once, we’re talking about an actual real news story of a serious nature. The drama (as readable at the Seattle Times…)
A 9-year-old boy who didn’t like his suburban Tacoma home stole a car, got caught, then ran away again and flew to San Antonio with a plane change in Phoenix before he was arrested, authorities said.
Investigators and Southwest Airlines officials were trying to determine how Semaj Booker, who was trying to get to his grandfather in Texas, got through airport security and boarded the flights.
…The 80-pound, 4-foot-9 fourth grader, held in juvenile detention Tuesday night in San Antonio, was “incredibly motivated to get to Texas,” Lakewood police Lt. David B. Guttu said. “He doesn’t want to live in Washington state.”
The boy’s mother, Sakinah Booker, said he dislikes the neighborhood where the family lives and is afraid of a sex offender who lives nearby.
Sounds reasonable enough. A boy runs away from home, commits various crimes, and has actual motivation to do so. Not out of the ordinary in terms of reasonableness. Indeed, it’s almost a wonder why I would be interested in the story, since it doesn’t contain stupidity nor gaming at all…
She believes he learned to drive from playing video games on a PlayStation.
…Erm, what?
As far as I can remember, the only car that controls in a similar way to a PlayStation would be the flying transformable automotive from Men in Black II. And that’s a work of fiction…
[Story Originally from Digg]
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