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JPD: Woman charged with DWI after trying to drive off in toy truck Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer Monday, March 4th, 2013, 2:33pm Topics: Crime, News    Jamie Craft (Source: Craighead Co. Sheriff's Office) A Jonesboro woman was arrested on DWI charges after police say she slammed into a mobile home then tried to leave the scene of the accident in a child’s battery-operated truck. Jamie Jeanette Craft, 29, is also charged with public intoxication, refusal to submit, disorderly conduct, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked. Just 5:30...

Remember the coolest kid on your block when you were a kid? The one with the miniature, mostly plastic Power Wheels car -- you know, the cherry-red Mustang, or pink Jeep -- that he or she would take cruising around the block at a brisk 2.5 miles per hour? Well, that kid's got nothing on these guys, a group of friends who took a bunch of disused kid-cars, stripped the wimpy electric motors and batteries, and installed -- in their places -- gas-powered go-kart engines. The results? Well, watch the video above to see for yourself -- assuming you don't...