Police Scramble Helicopter, Thermal Imaging Equipment to find Boy who Kicked Ball into a Window

Fifteen-year-old Tom Clarke was practicing soccer when he accidentally kicked the ball into a window.  Not losing a step, British police were alerted to the problem by the next-door neighbor Bobby Cellar.  The Thames Valley Police logged the complaint as criminal damage and dispatched a helicopter, thermal imaging equipment, a patrol car, and multiple policemen to find the boy.

The culprit

Eventually they found the terrified teen.  He promptly apologized for kicking the ball into his neighbor's yard and his father offered to pay for any damages.

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His furious father insists the schoolboy has never been in trouble before and branded the police reaction ‘extremely heavy handed’.

But police – and the owner of the greenhouse – have not backed down and Tom fears the incident could derail his hopes of becoming a teacher.

The football fan was having a kickabout with his cousin in a pub garden in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, when the problem started.

He kicked the ball and – like countless schoolboys before him – watched in horror as it looped over a garden fence and smashed through a pane of glass in the greenhouse.

Unsure what to do next, he went into the pub, unaware of the dramatic chain of events about to unfold.

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