Attempting to steal an unmarked cop car with sheriff’s deputies inside is pretty difficult, yet a stupid serial car thief thought, Hey, you know what? I think I’ll try to swipe this car.

Officers were surveying an abandoned car on Interstate 15 in Utah on March 25.

Deputies claim that John Whitehead drove up next to said unmarked vehicle. Dressed in black, he then walked up to the car, carrying a flashlight while using it as a club, ready to break in. One of the deputies says that he waited until Whitehead was at the window, whereupon he pointed a gun at the dumb thief. What was the thief’s excuse for this? He wanted to see if the deputy was OK. However, a search on Whitehead tied him to several other abandoned car break-ins along Interstate 15 from Nephi, Utah, to Las Vegas, Nevada.

As you might expect, our stupid serial car thief was arrested.