Thief caught driving stolen car with paper licence plate

Angola: In the end, it turned out that New York resident Joshua Lewis-Brown was too smart for his own good: Riding a stolen car with paper licence plate with registration number scrawled in cryon is not a good idea, after all.

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He is now cooling his heels behind bars.

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When Indiana troopers came across Lewis-Brown, they initially thought he was a 20-year-old motorist from New York who needed a tow after blowing a tyre on Friday afternoon on I-80 near Angola, Fox News said.

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“Trooper (Craig) Woodcox was preparing to oblige Brown in his request. However, a fictitious homemade paper license plate ‘DJ39RK’ handwritten in crayon on a grocery bag raised obvious suspicion and led to further investigation, an Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt. Brian Walker was quoted by the news report.

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After checking the vehicle identification number, Woodcox found that Lewis-Brown’s Toyota Corolla was reported stolen the day before.

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Troopers also found that he had never been licensed to drive a motor in any state, and was on probation for grand larceny, the spokesman added.

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Lewis-Brown was charged with possession of stolen property and driving without a licence and put behind bars. He also faces charges in Pennsylvania.

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