This is one dumb criminal.
A man accused of stealing a police cruiser while handcuffed in northwest Indiana, then using the police radio to ask where to find the car’s cigarette lighter, has turned himself in after two days on the run, authorities said early Friday.
William Francis Blankenship, 22, was taken into custody late Thursday night at his family’s home in Knox, a small town about 50 miles southeast of Chicago. Indiana State Police said cooperation from his family helped make the peaceful surrender possible.
The cop was too busy searching Mr. Blankenship’s car for drugs to notice that he was making off with his cruiser. He, of course, has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
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