Boys, 10 Get Keys To Bulldozer - Do $500,000 In Damage [View All]

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At some point in childhood, most kids dream of operating a bulldozer, a backhoe or some other giant piece of dirt-digging construction equipment. Most fulfill their fantasy with a Tonka toy.

But for two 10-year-old Minneapolis boys, playing with big machines became a reality last weekend — and the result was destruction and a crime.

Minneapolis police said the two boys obtained keys to a big Caterpillar machine at a housing construction site in North Minneapolis and caused up to $500,000 in damage before they were caught late Sunday afternoon.

The mayhem included a construction trailer that was flattened to kindling, a 50-ton crane that was heavily damaged and a second Caterpillar machine that was flipped over and mangled. No one was injured.

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