BRUNDIDGE, AL (WSFA) - Two Brundidge teens are in hot water after stealing two city vehicles to take on a joy ride and severely damaging one of them.
According to Brundidge Police Chief Moses Davenport two teens broke into the lot where the city stores official vehicles and equipment at the Brundidge Municipal Airport around lunchtime on Saturday.
The pair managed to bypass the fence around the facility and steal an older model Crown Victoria that had once been a police patrol vehicle and was now being used as a city general use car. Chief Davenport said the teens removed the vehicle from the lot, took it for a drive and wrecked it causing serious damage to the vehicle. The teens then went back to the lot and took off in a truck owned by the electric company. When they learned they were being pursued the teens ditched the truck in a wooded area and took off on foot.
Brundidge Police were able to catch up with the teens later the same day. One teen had the key to the Crown Victoria in his pocket, the other teen had the key to the truck.
The two teens, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old pleaded guilty to vehicle theft on Monday morning. The 15-year-old was sentenced to 18 months probation. The 16-year-old had a previous record and as a result was sentenced to serve time in a juvenile facility.
The monetary damage inflicted to the vehicles and the storage facility is not yet known. Chief Davenport said the city kept the keys to each vehicle in the vehicles themselves since they were fenced into the lot. He said the city will probably have to re-think that in light of this incident.
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