Update…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP Oct 8, 2013) – A county official who wrote a memo about a 9-year-old boy who evaded security and stowed away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas says it was released without her authorization.
 
     Janine Moore is area director of the Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department. According to her memo, which was obtained by the Star Tribune, she said in an email to other county officials that they boy has also stolen a car and sneaked into a water park, and is known to child protection investigators as a “challenging” child.
 
     Moore would not confirm that information when reached by The Associated Press on Tuesday.
 
     Hennepin County spokeswoman Carolyn Marinan says the memo was never intended to be made public and it’s classified as private under state law.

Earlier…

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP Oct 8, 2013) – A county government memo says a 9-year-old boy who evaded security and stowed away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas has a history of stealing cars and sneaking into a water park.
 
     In an email obtained by the Star Tribune the area director of the Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department says child protection investigators have conducted four assessments on the boy’s family since December. Janine Moore writes in the memo to county officials that he’s known as a “challenging” child.
 
     Las Vegas authorities took the boy into custody when the plane landed Thursday.
 
     Moore didn’t name the boy or his family, but said his mother works at the Minneapolis airport.
 
     She did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Previously…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP Oct 7, 2013) – Airport and airline officials are reviewing video and gathering information as they try to figure out how a 9-year-old boy evaded security and stowed away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas without a ticket.
 
     Delta Air Lines issued a statement Monday saying it’s reviewing its policies and procedures to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
 
     Officials say the boy took a light rail train to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Thursday. They’re still not saying how he got past security screeners and gate agents to board the flight, which was not full. The flight crew later became suspicious and handed him over to authorities in Las Vegas.
 
     The Transportation Security Administration says he was screened along with other passengers to ensure that he was not a threat.