Fla. Man Lends Car To Stranger, Claims Carjacking
Published June 5th, 2010
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Lending one's truck to a stranger to make a beer run is stupid. Compounding that by telling police you were carjacked is stupider. But, Daytona Beach police say a 33-year-old man did both
recently.
He called police May 27 to say possibly armed men ordered him out of the truck while stopped at a light at 4 a.m.
Police reviewed video taken by a camera at the intersection and found nothing. When investigators confronted the alleged victim, he confessed he had lent the truck to a man he'd met while drinking at a motel. He said the man said he wanted to get more beer but never returned.
He told police he lied about the carjacking because he was embarrassed.
He is charged with making a false police report.
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