Cops: Guys Try to Steal Car With Detective in It

It must have seemed like easy pickins: Police say two men in suburban Fort Worth spotted a car warming up outside a home early yesterday morning and tried to steal it. The first problem was that, unbeknownst to them because of the still-frosted windows, the owner was inside, reports Reuters. The second problem was that the owner just happens to be Haltom City Detective Tony Miller, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

“He may not have been able to see inside, so he opened my front door," Miller tells the newspaper. “When he looked inside, I said, ‘Police! Show me your hands.'" That man fled and remains at large, while his alleged accomplice sped away but ended up crashing into a building. He faces charges of attempted theft and evading arrest, and his buddy will face the same once he's caught. (More weird crimes stories.)