from KPSP Local 2 News:

PALM SPRINGS-- The desert may have some new contenders for the "dumbest criminal" award: Cops say two men driving a stolen car were caught after stopping to ask police for directions.
In the early morning hours of Monday, two men were driving a gold Honda Accord in the area of Ava Court and Isabella Way near the Palm Springs International Airport, when they stopped to ask police for directions, according to Officer Rhonda Long of Palm Springs Police Department.
When the police officer ran the license plate of the car, it returned stolen out of Riverside, about 60 miles west of Palm Springs, said Long. ............(more)
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