Youth’s Spending Spree Interrupted by Police
A teen-ager who got a bad report card ran away to this seaside resort with $74,000 he took from his parents, and he spent four days living it up with new-found friends, a rented limo, costume jewelry and big tips at pizza joints, police said.
The 15-year-old Pittsburgh, Pa., youth had about $53,000 left when apprehended during the weekend at a go-cart track. He was released to his mother Sunday. The boy had left home last Tuesday with a cardboard box containing the money, police said. His father was said to be a legitimate businessman.
A 20-year-old man was arrested along with the youth and charged with stealing $2,500 of the money.
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