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A wild morning unfolded in western Colorado when what started as a routine missing child case spiraled into a bizarre, low-speed pursuit—starring a pint-sized joyrider tearing through town in a stolen golf cart.
Sheriff’s deputies in Mesa County got the first call before 8 a.m., sparking an immediate scramble. Officers from Palisade fanned out across the neighborhood while a reverse 911 alert pinged locals’ phones. Then, a tipster dropped the bombshell: the kid had been spotted chilling in a golf cart outside a house on 1st Street. By the time cops rolled up, both the cart and the kid had vanished.
Chaos dialed up fast. Another alert warned residents to keep eyes peeled for a rogue golf cart operator. Witnesses lit up dispatch lines with play-by-play updates—kid zigzagging like a video game character, doubling back, switching lanes, no rhyme or reason. Cops pieced together the mini fugitive was somehow making a break for Grand Junction.
Enter the drone. Grand Junction officers jumped in, turning it into a multi-agency spectacle. The pursuit stretched miles beyond where it started, hitting over 10 miles before deputies finally cornered the tiny driver buzzing north on 29 Road.
Onlookers couldn’t believe their eyes—police cruisers trailing a sluggish golf cart with what looked like a first-grader at the helm. Eyewitnesses pegged the kid at maybe seven years old.
Crisis averted when a deputy pulled a movie-worthy move, leaping onto the still-rolling cart around 9:15 a.m. Kid? Totally fine, handed back to relieved family. The cart? Alive and kicking, returned unharmed to its rightful owner.
Authorities tipped their hats to the speedy locals and neighboring cops for turning what could’ve been a disaster into just another weird Colorado headline.
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