A frightened 11-year-old New York girl broke into tears when upstate deputies placed her in handcuffs for several minutes after mistaking her for a car thief, footage of the mix-up shows.

The child was returning home from school in New York state when she was detained by authorities, causing her to break out in tears, video showed.

An 11-year-old girl was playing with her friends in the snow after school when deputies in New York accused her of stealing a ...