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Florida woman labelled 'world's dumbest criminal' after calling the cops on herself

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Published 17:34 19 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Florida woman labelled 'world's dumbest criminal' after calling the cops on herself

Christy Turman ended up calling the cops on herself

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

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Featured Image Credit: Lee County Police Sheriffs Office

Topics: Crime, News, US News, Police

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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Typically if you conduct a crime the last thing you want is the police finding out - but this woman actually called the cops on herself.

Last month (May 31), police in Florida received a rather unusual 911 call from Christy Turman.

At the time of the call, Turman had broken into a closed car dealership with the intentions of stealing a vehicle.

She then fessed up to her plans and told the dispatcher that she was 'trying to steal a car that's not legally mine'.

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But the strangeness doesn't stop there.

Once cops arrived at Val Ward Cadillac in Fort Myers and spoke with Turman, she explained why she'd told them.

Apparently she was participating in 'a game of Black Ops to steal a car' and hoped that revealing her plans to police before she acted on them would make stealing the car legal.

A door of an Audi A5 has been left open on the court, police have since confirmed, however, there was no evidence of any vehicles being stolen.

Police arrived at the scene before the 37-year-old could successfully steal the vehicle, meaning they weren't able to charge her with theft.

They did, however, charge Turman with trespassing.

Unusual 911 calls like Turman's aren't uncommon, however.

Christy Turman called 911 on herself. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)
Christy Turman called 911 on herself. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)

Back in September, one dispatcher was left confused when someone called to say that a pilot had landed in their back garden after ejecting from their aircraft.

While the pilot ejected to safety the fate of the missing $80 million jet appears to have been sealed after a debris field was discovered near Indiantown, South Carolina.

When explaining the ordeal and asking for an ambulance to be sent to their address, the dispatcher on the other end asked in disbelief: "I'm sorry, what happened?"

A pilot ejected from his jet and landed in an unsuspecting civillian's yard. (Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)
A pilot ejected from his jet and landed in an unsuspecting civillian's yard. (Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Audio recordings were released at the time where the pilot was also heard having a conservation with the dispatcher as he explained that there had likely been a plane crash somewhere as he ejected from the jet.

The pilot then told 911 that he was 'not sure where the airplane is' and saying it 'would have crash landed somewhere'.

The pilot said he'd fallen about 2,000 feet and put the need to bail out of his jet down to 'aircraft failure'.

After asking for an ambulance, the Marine Corps pilot was then taken to hospital at about 2pm the same day.

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