Update on the runaways

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For those of you that haven't read this before a 15 year old girl from our little town ran away as did her boyfriend. She was a friend of my daughters. After talking through emails the girl decided to go stay with her brother. Well they were on their way to her brother's a number of states away from where they ran to and they were pulled over for a traffic violation. The girl's mom had taken her off the run away list but the boy's parents hadn't. I thought the boy was 16 but he was only 15 and did not have a drivers license. So when pulled over the boy was taken to juvenil detention and his parents should be there this morning. He is facing running away, grand theft auto for taking his parent car and driving without a license. The girl was put on a plane to her brother's house. Her mom actually got to talk to her because the police made the daughter get on the phone before taking her to social services. Both of the kids have learned a really big lesson I think though the boy is in so much trouble not just with his parents but with the law. I feel sorry for him because he was taking her to a family member so she would be safe. I do believe he only ran away because she had wanted to and don't think he would have done it otherwise. I can't believe at 15 he drove through some major cities that I have been through and was scared to death at their traffic. So the good news to all of this is that they are both safe and we know where they are.