12-year-old duo who stole teacher’s car arrested using iPad

Two 12-year-olds from Nashville stole an SUV belonging to their teacher and drove it more than 70 miles. They were arrested after one of their parents tracked them via an iPad left in the car.

The two children stole their teacher’s car on June 12 after seeing that she had left the key to her 2024 Honda CRV on her desk, Nashville Metropolitan Police told WSMV.

Cops say they found the car with the help of “the parents of one of the young men,” who tracked their son’s iPad left in the car to the community of Bucksnort. A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper spotted the boys on westbound Interstate 40 at exit 152, about 70 miles southwest of where the car was stolen.

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Apple includes a built-in feature called Find My to help locate lost or missing devices. If you have another Apple device signed in with your Apple ID, you can use Find My on that device to lock and locate your lost iPhone or iPad, exactly what the parents did in this case.

Officials said the boys stopped “right next to the exit” when a state trooper stopped them. They will be charged as juveniles and the case will be handled in Davidson County Juvenile Court. The specific charges have not been disclosed. It’s unclear where the boys were headed or why they got off at the exit.

The incident worried parents of other children at the school and teachers. “We expect a lot from our teachers and we ask them to neglect a lot. And I think we don’t realize how much we’re hurting them. If you want to steal a car, what’s the next step? TC Weber, one of the parents of a Metro Nashville Public School student, said.