There’s a new contender for the world’s dumbest criminal as a 30 year old Detroit man effectively called the police on himself.
According to the Michigan State Police, the man was traveling with a female passenger when they ran out of gas on I-94. Instead of calling AAA or a friend, the passenger called the Michigan State Police Detroit Regional Communications Center asking for a courtesy patrol to help them out.
She called again “wanting a quick response,” but one apparently never came. Undeterred, the driver allegedly hatched a plan to ensure a fast response.
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According to authorities, the man called the Detroit Regional Communications Center and claimed a white male in a “purple SRT fired 150 shots into his vehicle with an AK-47.” Police were quickly dispatched and perplexed when they arrived to find no one was injured and no bullet holes in the vehicle.
Police determined the man made a false report of a shooting in an effort to get a quicker response after running out of gas. If that wasn’t bad enough, troopers noticed the man was drunk and driving on a suspended license. He also had fugitive warrants to boot.
The man was arrested for operating while intoxicated and reportedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.16, which is twice the legal limit. He was taken to the Detroit Detention Center and is presumably facing a long list of charges.