Teen flees after police spot him in stolen golf cart on street

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Gilbert police arrested a 17-year-old boy Monday morning after hereportedly stole a Greenfield Junior High School golf cart anddrove it until police eventually caught up with him in Mesa,according to a police report.
Police spotted Shawn Thomas driving the golf cart on 32nd Streetand Javelina Avenue in Mesa early Monday morning, about four milesnorth of the school.
As police approached the golf cart, Thomas fled into a nearbyneighborhood. Officers deployed their Tasers, "in an attempt tostop his escape," but were unsuccessful, according to the report.
Thomas was eventually caught after a "significant search," and ischarged with burglary, criminal damage and false reporting,according to the report.
Another golf cart was reported damaged at the junior high school.