Man can't find car, calls 911 to report fake carjacking
By Scott Sistek, KOMO News
Updated 10:32 pm, Tuesday, November 14, 2017
SPANAWAY, Washington -- If you, for some reason, can't remember where you parked your car, calling 911 to report a fake carjacking is not the best way to find it.
It will, however, help you find the backseat of a police car.
A man called 911 Sunday evening to report he had just been carjacked at knife-point at a Wal-Mart in Spanaway, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department. Five deputies raced to the scene and found the victim, who wasn't really a victim -- except of bad judgment.
There was no carjacking; deputies said the man couldn't remember where he parked his car and figured they would get there faster if he said he was carjacked. He even provided a fake description of an attacker to 911 dispatchers "so it would sound more real."
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He did tell deputies he was "really sorry" he wasted their time.
Deputies wasted no time putting the man in handcuffs and drove him around the parking lot until the man found his Dodge Charger -- right where he had parked it. The man told deputies he always fears his car has been stolen.
The 46-year-old man was booked into the Pierce County Jail for investigation of false reporting.
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