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The officer spotted the boy driving the car at approximately 12:30 a.m. He soon learned the kid stole the car and was using it to meet a man he met on Snapchat. The surprised officer noticed the young boy was the only person in the car, but the sight of a small boy driving wasn't the last shock in store for the officer. An 11-year-old boy pulled up next to a police cruiser is in Charleston, South Carolina.