A bill to crack down on juvenile car thefts is heading to the governor.
It creates a diversionary program with services and resources to rehabilitate young offenders.
The bill also allows courts to detain juvenile car thieves if they’ve done it twice before.
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Right now, they can only be detained on certain grounds.
Juveniles stealing cars has become a big problem across the state.
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