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Police: Teen grabs driver's steering wheel, breaks windshield

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SCHODACK, NY - The State Police in Schodack arrested a 16-year-old girl after a reckless endangerment incident inside a moving vehicle on Thursday.

Police say the teen grabbed and turned the steering wheel of a pickup truck driven by her mother on Interstate 90 in the Town of East Greenbush.

The pickup truck swerved out of the lane and onto the shoulder. However the mother was able to regain control of the vehicle.

The teen also broke the windshield and glove compartment door, and damaged the passenger door to the vehicle.

Police charged the teen with Reckless Endangerment 1st and Criminal Mischief 3rd. She was arraigned in the Town of East Greenbush and released on her own recognizance with the stipulation that she reports to Rensselaer County Probation.

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