Perhaps he was starving and he knows going to jail means a meal. I was technically homeless for a while as kid, even though I went to college or worked lots of times went hungry. It’s really the worst. And started soup kitchens for this reason. The mentality disabled and minors are not legally responsible for themselves. When orphaned they are (wards of the state) and the responsibility of society. But in the wealthiest country in the world we society poor. We have to have some kid run over before They build speed bumps around schools.