TACOMA, Wash. - A 10-year-old boy who stole a car, led police on a high-speed chase and talked his way onto two Southwest Airlines flights has a chance to keep his record clean after a judge gave him probation.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge John McCarthy found Semaj Booker guilty Wednesday of second-degree car theft, attempting to elude police and driving without a license. But if the boy puts in his best effort at school, pays back the woman whose car he stole, doesn't get behind the wheel for the next year and complies with other conditions, his conviction will be vacated.
"We hope that he's successful and that we never see him again," prosecutor Fred Wist said. …
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