Atlanta man detained for ‘stealing’ his own car

DUNWOODY, Ga. – A person nearly ended up within the slammer after forgetting to inform police he discovered his ‘stolen’ automotive.

This weekend was all the pieces however clean for one Atlanta man.

On Saturday evening, he reported his automotive stolen. The issue is: it wasn’t.

It turned out administration on the Atlanta condominium complicated he lives in had the automotive towed for parking in a restricted space.

So, he bought his automotive again. However, he forgot an important factor.

He by no means known as the police again.

Think about his shock when police pulled him over on Winters Chapel Street. The person and a passenger had been handcuffed.

Fortunately for him, he was capable of show that he was the rightful proprietor and that the entire state of affairs was one huge misunderstanding.

Dunwoody police have since eliminated the person’s tags from their system. However, not with out posting in regards to the incident to their Fb web page on Monday.

“Ethical of the story: Should you ever report your car stolen, all the time contact your native legislation enforcement company when you find the car,” the put up learn. “Failure to do that will trigger fairly a scene when officers pull you over.”