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    Deal-hunting 8-year-old girl drives herself 10 miles to local Target: ‘Let her finish her Frappuccino’

    By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon,

    7 hours ago

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    This bargain-hunting kid wasn’t playing around.

    An 8-year-old Ohio girl was so set on shopping that she hopped behind the wheel of the family SUV and drove for 10 miles to the local Target, according to reports.

    The pint-sized shopaholic gave her folks quite the scare and sent police scrambling, but eventually emerged unscathed — even giving the cops a giggle.

    “Well, I’ve finally found a woman who’s in more of a hurry to shop at Target than my wife,” Bedford, Ohio, police quipped online Sunday. “That’s right, an 8 year old took mommy’s car this morning and drove to Target in Bainbridge to shop.

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    “Not sure what she bought, or if she was even able to use her Target app to save 5%,” the department said. “We did let her finish her Frappuccino. We’re not mean.”

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    Police in Bedford, Ohio, said an 8-year-old girl stole her parents’ SUV and drove 10 miles to go shopping at Target. FOX8 WJW
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    The little girl was found unharmed, but gave her parents quite the scare. FOX8 WJW

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    The mischievous motorist’s worried parents reported her missing from their Bedford home around 7 a.m. Sunday — along with the family’s 2020 Nissan Rouge, WKYC-TV News reported .

    That’s when cops began piecing the puzzle together.

    A neighbor told police that their home security camera caught the girl getting inside the SUV “with no one but herself” and driving off, the outlet said.

    Cops then received reports of a small child behind the wheel of an SUV miles away on Pettibone Road.

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    Police said the unnamed 8-year-old girl drove 10 miles from Bedford to Bainbridge in Ohio, where she was found shopping at a local Target store on Sunday. FOX8 WJW

    Eventually police in nearby Bainbridge Township located the runaway vehicle in the parking lot of a local Target — about 10 miles and 25 minutes away from the girl’s home.

    She was found inside the store shopping, WKYC said.

    Police called her parents but said she would not be charged due to her age.

    The girl did have a confession to make — she smashed into a mailbox somewhere along the way, leaving a dent in her parents’ vehicle, the outlet said.

    No one was injured in the ordeal.

    Police in Bedford did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.

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    KRO
    1h ago
    She could have killed someone or herself. No punishment at all? She will be on the news again one day on her way to prison. This is in no way funny.
    Casaroni
    6h ago
    This isn't cute or funny. It was very dangerous and could have ended in tragedy.
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