Cade Kirchner is 11 years old, and as of Tuesday he has a not-guilty plea on file in Seminole County, Florida, to a second-degree misdemeanor: operating a motor vehicle that was never registered with the state.
The vehicle is an electric dirt bike he paid for with $900 from a summer business selling squirrel tables, WKMG reported. Oviedo police stopped him on Labor Day, Sept. 7, as he rode the shoulder of a road about 300 feet from his house with a fishing pole, headed for water near Sweetwater Park. The officer fingerprinted him, had a city wrecker tow the bike and handed him a court date.
The City of Oviedo’s statement, given to WOFL Fox 35, is short: “The vehicle the 11-year-old was driving was a 4500-watt motorcycle without any pedals. In order for it to be legally allowed on the roadway, it would need to be registered and meet the D.O.T. requirements.” The city said the officer wrote one citation, under Florida Statute 320.02…