He's no Darius McCollum, but Oneil N. Swaby is a truly Vulcan car thief: Swaby tried to steal a blue 1998 Acura Integra Wednesday morning from a parking lot in Hillside, NJ. When he couldn't do it, he had a eureka moment, and called the tow truck company, posing as the car's owner, to have the car towed to his house. All he needed was a little more time to break in! Police say the tow truck driver was not in on the scam; they were able to easily track the car to Swaby's home, and charged him with theft. There's definitely a moral here, but we're not sure what.
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