LaVERGNE, Tenn. -- A LaVergne police officer was caught off guard this week after what he found in the driver’s seat of a car.
Police said a Chevrolet Cavalier was zooming through the Lake Forest subdivision at 70 mph at a time when the streets are full of children getting off the school bus.
An officer's camera caught the action on tape, but he said he never guessed that a 12-year-old was inside.
6-year-old in the passenger’s seat, police said.
"They were brothers, admitted to taking mom's car while she was at work,” Goins said.
Neighborhood children said the 12- and 6-year-old, who had been left in the care of their grandmother, had been driving around for a week.
The 12-year-old is facing felony charges and is being held in juvenile detention until a hearing on Friday.
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