10-year-old boy swipes school bus

DUMAS, Ark. – A 10-year-old boy took a school bus and led police on a chase along a rural highway, police said.

School officials had spotted lights coming from the bus yard about 11 p.m. Friday and reported the bus stolen. Officers from three counties, four towns and Arkansas State Police began chasing the bus.

Despite road spikes set up to slow the bus, the bus kept traveling north through Desha and Lincoln counties, then into the next county of Jefferson.

About 44 miles later, the bus slowed down enough for a sheriff’s deputy to make the stop, and officers discovered their suspect was a child.

They cuffed the boy and took him into custody, then later released him to his parents. It wasn’t known whether the child would face charges.