Illinois Man Arrested For Lying About Stolen Car Incident

Lying to a friend or family member is wrong, but not telling the truth to a police officer in Illinois can get you arrested.

Illinois Man Lies To Police Officers About His Car Being Stolen

It's funny to me with what people will try to get away with nowadays. Lying is no big deal. It's just part of that new normal. There are people I know who treat lying like it is their normal vocabulary. It doesn't matter how crazy the lie is; people think they can get away with it.

Something that takes lying to the next level is not telling the truth to a police officer. That's just going to get you into more trouble. In fact, a boldface lie is not going to go over with most people, so it's best to just not do it.

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This guy in Illinois got into an accident with his car. He left the scene of the crime and left the damaged vehicle there, too. He then called the police to report the car stolen. The local cops figured out the scam pretty quickly, and the guy was arrested.

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According to Patch...

A Wood Dale man made up a story about a crashed car last week at Route 83 and Interstate 290, police said.

About 3 p.m. Monday, police received a call about a crash. When they arrived, the car was unoccupied.

The man, 63, then showed up and lied that the car was stolen, police said, he was not the driver.