News Release from: Clackamas Co. Sheriff's Office

Damascus 12-year-old located safe after driving family car to Lewis County, WA

Posted: Aug. 22, 2010, 6:09 p.m.

Please refer to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Case number #10-25909

On Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 at 3:46 p.m., a concerned parent in Damascus called Clackamas County Dispatch to report that her 12-year-old son had been granted permission to drive the family vehicle to the end of the driveway and unload the weekly trash for pick-up.

Unfortunately, this 12-year-old had then elected to drive beyond the end of the residential driveway in the family-owned 2004 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck.

After the mother and registered owner of the vehicle reported the incident to the Sheriff's Office, the information was urgently transmitted to all regional law enforcement in an effort to locate the boy. This missing vehicle and 12-year-old boy were entered into the law-enforcement database.

At 5:34 p.m. on Aug. 22, the missing vehicle and juvenile were located and stopped -- without incident -- by a Lewis County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriff, near Chehalis, Washington. 

The concerned parent of this 12-year-old has been advised that the child and truck were found in good condition. The case remains under investigation by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

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Contact Info:
Jim Strovink, Detective
Public Information Officer
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office