Mom of 8-year-old girl who took familys SUV for Target shopping spree dishes on impressive but dangerous stunt
The Ohio mother of the 8-year-old girl who went viral last month after driving herself 10 miles to Target has revealed just how her daughter was able to sneak out and buy $400 worth of toys and makeup.Tangie Wilson told New York Times that she found it “impressive” how her third-grader Zoe stole her keys, ID, wallet, dog, and SUV for a joyride that resulted in no accidents – and that the girl was not punished for the dangerous exploit.Wilson, a hairdresser, said she was asleep when Zoe was cruising – and swerving – on the road to the Target that is about 10 miles from the family’s home in the city of Bedford.The mother said that on the morning of Sept.15 she had woken up, seen to it that Zoe was playing with her iPad on the couch, and went back to sleep.But little did she know that Zoe, after a fight with her sister, hopped in her mother’s 2020 Nissan Rogue with the family dog Bear, a shih-tzu/poodle mix, in tow for an early morning jaunt to Target.
About thirty minutes later, after Wilson went back to sleep, Zoe’s 15-year-old sister awoke their mother, telling her that Zoe and their dog were nowhere to be found.The family realized that their car was also gone and filed a missing person report around 7 a.m., suspecting the worst — until Bedford Police responded to a call of a child driving an SUV erratically on the road.Cops tracked the car to a Target parking lot.
Inside the store, police found an unflustered Zoe perusing the aisles with her dog Bear, having just made a $400 purchase of an iPad case, toys, and make-up.Wilson told the Times she was perplexed that her daughter made it all the way through checkout with such a hefty bill and not a single adult thought to check in with the clearly underaged and unaccompanied girl.In a Facebook post, the Bedford Police Department quipped, “Well I’ve finally found a woman who’s in more of a hurry to shop at Target than my wife.More of a hurry by 8 years.”“Thankfully she made it and was immed...