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    Boy Takes Stolen Bus on Route

    Truly amazing!!

    http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/ne...06-734047.html

    FERN PARK, Fla. - A 15-year-old boy stole a bus, drove it along a public transit route, picked up passengers and collected fares, authorities said Sunday.

    Ritchie Calvin Davis was already on probation for taking a tour bus and driving passengers around, authorities said.

    In Saturday's incident, he took the bus from the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, where it was parked awaiting sale at an auction, a Seminole County sheriff's report said. The bus belongs to the Central Florida Transportation Agency, which runs LYNX public transit services in the Orlando area.

    "I drove that bus better than most of the LYNX drivers could," the teen, who is too young to drive legally, told a deputy after he was stopped and arrested. "There isn't a scratch on it. I know how to start it, drive it, lower it, raise it."


    Passengers and deputies noted Davis drove the bus at normal speeds and made all the appropriate stops on the route. One passenger, suspicious of the youthful looks of the driver, called 911.

    The bus had two passengers when deputies stopped it in Fern Park, about 12 miles north of the fairgrounds. Authorities believe Davis picked up a total of three passengers and collected only a few dollars.

    He was charged with grand theft auto and driving without a license. A court hearing was scheduled Tuesday to determine whether he will be charged as an adult.

    A message left at the home of a man identified as a Davis relative was not immediately returned Sunday.

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    This is quite possibly the most boring crime ever.
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    Jeesh...let's punish the kid...he obviously wants to drive the bus...somebody give him a freaking job!!! He could go work for the transit authority and they could let him start driving buses once he's legally allowed...noooo...let's punish him...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dumb@ss kid
    "There isn't a scratch on it. I know how to start it, drive it, lower it, raise it."


    Now that's funny.

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    You kept making all the stops???

    Well, people kept ringing the bell!



    sniff, sniff. nickel would have gotten it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigJon
    Jeesh...let's punish the kid...he obviously wants to drive the bus...somebody give him a freaking job!!! He could go work for the transit authority and they could let him start driving buses once he's legally allowed...noooo...let's punish him...
    To be fair, he didn't have a license, likely had little driving experience, and he, well, DID steal a bus. After his punishment he could likely still work in public txportation.

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    LOL!!! He steals the bus, pick up passenges and on top of that collects fair, now that is comical

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paymaster
    Hahahahaha!

    "Let's play drive the bus. I'll go first!"

    How appropriate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cheapie
    You kept making all the stops???

    Well, people kept ringing the bell!
    Was Art Vandelay on that bus? LOL, Serenity Now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cheapie
    You kept making all the stops???

    Well, people kept ringing the bell!



    sniff, sniff. nickel would have gotten it.
    The bus, was OUTTA CONTROL!

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    I love that they're charging him...waste of public tax money IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gwilks98
    I love that they're charging him...waste of public tax money IMO.
    Well, he DID basically steal the bus. It wasn't in operation as far as I could tell since it was getting ready to be auctioned off.

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    Damn funny, give the boy a job!

    I wonder what he intended to do with the bus and the fares after the end of his 'run'. My opinion on the severity of this crime would hinge largely on that.
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    He got to be looked older than 15...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prngr44
    Well, he DID basically steal the bus. It wasn't in operation as far as I could tell since it was getting ready to be auctioned off.

    I'm faling to see the criminal intent. He took the bus, but I'm just not seeing his intent to do evil with it.
    It looks more like a kid who hasn't been properly taught right and wrong. I wouldn't want to see him start his adult life in the prison system for this.

    (I'm NOT saying he doesn't need punishment. I'm just saying I think criminal charges are a bit much.)
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