Stupid human tricks: Alabama man accidentally turns himself into ...

Jerry Lee Washington Jr. was immediately thrown behind bars when he filed a damage report for his car which got banged up as he allegedly fled a crime scene.

An Alabama man accidentally turned himself into police when he filed a report for his car which got damaged as he allegedly fled a crime scene.

Jerry Lee Washington Jr., 21, was immediately thrown behind bars when he showed up at a Warrior, Ala., police department Wednesday afternoon, local television station WBRC-TV reported.

Hours before, he had attempted to steal from the home of Joey Buchanan and then mowed Buchanan down as he tried to get away.

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Joey Buchanan was left with several fractures to the side of his body after he was hit with a car as thief tried to get away.

"You don't go to somebody's house, steal something from them, run over somebody that is there and then go file a report against them," Buchanan, who suffered several fractures to the right side of his body, told WBRC.

"How's that going to work?"

The incident began when Buchanan's father, David Buchanan, came home to find Washington in one of the family's cars.

The suspect fled the scene, but David remembered seeing an abandoned vehicle parked near the home and told his son to get its VIN number and license plate number.

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‘Some people aren't as bright as they think they are,’ Buchanan said.

Joey caught sight of Washington hiding in the bushes near the car as he approached the vehicle.

"[WASHINGTON] jumped in his car, and threw it in drive and took off and pinned me between his car and my truck," Buchanan said, adding that Washington also allegedly tried to run over his grandfather who shot at the suspect's car with a firearm.

"Some people aren't as bright as they think they are," the victim said.

Washington faces charges of third-degree burglary, unlawful breaking and entering and attempted murder.

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Monday 17 September 2012