'Go-Kart Bandit' Burglarized Up To 100 Homes In Nashville, Cops Say

The 'Go-Kart Bandit' (not pictured) allegedly used his mini vehicle to rob nearly 100 homes in Tennessee.

A 14-year-old Tennessee boy was arrested Friday in connection with about 100 break-ins in the Nashville area -- armed with a knife, some gloves and a getaway go-kart.

The unidentified teen kicked in doors and stole video games, flat screen TVs and anything else he could find, WSMV reported. Then he'd hop on his go-kart and fly through back alleyways to the next house.

Cops said the boy had been breaking into houses in several neighborhoods over two years.

"He's tested the waters and tested our resources, definitely," said Metro Police Lt. Horace Temple. "He was an innovative individual."

The boy had already been convicted of looting two homes late last year, according to WKRN.

His name was not released because he is a minor. Police dubbed him the "Go-Kart Bandit" when they learned of his mini getaway vehicle.

The teen has been charged with aggravated burglary, theft, possession of burglary tools and loitering during school hours, the New York Daily News reported.

He's out on bail.

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Comments

[PoppaG]

10:59 AM on 05/08/2012

Maybe it is the price of gas to run the go kart that is making him steal. High gas prices make people do crazy things. Go speed racer

[Mouse223]

10:59 AM on 05/08/2012

Heh. Out on bail. Gee, wonder how he pulled that one off....

[poptop7171]

10:56 AM on 05/08/2012

Oh Finster where are you Finster? Time to take your medicine!!!!!

[scoobysnax75]

10:55 AM on 05/08/2012

don't forget that loitering charge!

[poptop7171]

10:52 AM on 05/08/2012

14 and he's been doing it for 2 yrs????? Someone needs to remove him and his family from the gene pool.....

[smp276dp]

10:44 AM on 05/08/2012

And he will get out and cause more crime.
We need a way to deter kids of this life style.

[jgamble28]

10:40 AM on 05/08/2012

Another lost 14 year old. How did he get so good at stealing and how did he put the loot on his go cart and get away. How could his parents not know what was going on? So many questions.

[NamVet 822]

10:32 AM on 05/08/2012

Wow..from the "Bare Foot Bandit" to the "Go Cart Bandit"...what will be next...the Pogo Stick Bandit? LOL

[SHHurt]

10:32 AM on 05/08/2012

One hundred homes in two years? That's about one home every week. How was he not caught sooner? I'll bet if he had been shot while breaking and entering, the bleeding-heart liberRATS would be coming out of the woodwork, yelling for gun control. These young varmints should be turned over to the CIA, and forced to fight terrorism. If they get caught and beheaded, at least they will have served their country. Well, how DID he carry his loot on that go-cart? A few bullets to the engine would have turned that go-cart into a stopped-cart.

[JimShanor]

04:46 PM on 05/08/2012

Your comment is one of the most ignorant I've seen in the several years I have followed the comments on HuffPost. Do you beat your pets?

[ganick]

10:25 AM on 05/08/2012

I can picture his parents clapping and patting him on the back the 100 times he came home with a 55 inch t.v. and other assorted booty. The parents should be locked up as well as him.

[Odyssey51]

10:15 AM on 05/08/2012

WHAT I want to know is...WHERE did he put all the loot after robbing the house?

[choctaw80]

10:11 AM on 05/08/2012

hope he gets more than just a warning...hope he has to work in prison to pay off the home owners' losses. it is a really sick feeling when someone breaks into your house...

[Guitar Slinger]

10:10 AM on 05/08/2012

My nephew started out the same way minus the go-cart. Now he's 24 and sitting in jail since we can't come up with the $70K for bail. You play like a big boy, you pay like a big boy!

[tormentor]

10:09 AM on 05/08/2012

Golly!

100 burglaries . . . Two years . . .

Started his "career" when he was 12 years old . . .

Where are the Neighborhood Watch sentinals when you need them?

[skitzlpk]

10:03 AM on 05/08/2012

This kid's been caught before & it made little impression on him. He's got the markings of a career criminal & needs to be dealt with accordingly. When you're young, you do stupid things but you have to reflect on your future. This kid made a conscious choice to follow the wrong road.

All bets are off playing nice..

[chinnha]

10:08 AM on 05/08/2012

Pretty much, there's doing stupid things as a kid and theres developing into a serious criminal while young and robbing 100 houses