How would you deal with a child who...?

Run away with them. And explain that the rest of the family can do for them selves. My mom did this with my brother. They went to a park and sat there all day. Until he got hungry and sleepy. When my mom told him this is how people live when they run away. He didn't think it was so cool after that. And it stopped. Maybe you could also think about the way you are punishing him.