This wasn't a terrible idea...it was just poorly executed.
There's a 20-year-old woman named Rachel Thornburg in Clinton, Iowa, and she called 911 on Tuesday morning to report her 1998 Buick Century had been stolen.
The problem was, the car wasn't stolen... she was driving the car and running from police at the time.
Apparently, a cop had clocked her speeding and tried to pull her over, but she took off. As the cops were chasing her, she came up with the idea to report the car stolen so they'd think someone else was driving. Points for creativity, but it didn't work.
Her genius plan blew up when the cops laid down spikes on the road which popped her tires . . . and saw Rachel was the driver.
She was charged with eluding, driving with a suspended license, reckless driving, and speeding...and probably filing a false police report.
[WQAD]