POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida child faced a judge, Monday, after he was accused of going on a joyride in a stolen car.

The 11-year-old appeared in court after undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.

The judge sent him home and placed him on house arrest for three weeks.

Police said he stole a woman’s car Tuesday and eventually crashed it into a concrete pillar near his elementary school in Pompano Beach.

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