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Car thief crashes police cruiser after two-hour joy ride

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-09 09:25

AGUASCALIENTES  – Authorities on Sunday arrested a man who stole an empty police cruiser after he slammed the car into a garbage dumpster at the end of a two-hour joy ride.

A local Mexican police officer seen here guarding the US consulate in Monterrey. Authorities on Sunday arrested a man who stole an empty police cruiser after he slammed the car into a garbage dumpster at the end of a two-hour joy ride. [Agencies]

"When I found the car and I saw it had the key in the ignition, well, I just got in," foiled car thief Alejandro Juarez told local media here.

"I was thinking about taking off the tires so I could sell them," he said.

"But then I was thinking first I would take it for a spin -- and then BAM, I got a bit distracted and crashed," Juarez said.

Officer Erika Moncada had stopped her patrol car and left the engine running to respond to a fight when Juarez happened upon the vehicle.

After Juarez' two-hour joyride and surprise stop, police took him into custody.