Police: Man tried to sell fake TV
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Aug. 11, 2009
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A California man tried to trick someone into buying an oven door the man said was a flat-screen TV, police said.
San Leandro police said the man was pulled over last week and officers noticed a box for a brand-new, 37-inch Sony TV in his car. But all they found inside the box was a glass oven door disguised as a television, the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune reported.
The man claimed he was attempting to sell the item as a fake TV, for people who can't afford the real thing but want to impress their friends by having a large, flat screen TV. He said he got the idea when he found the large, empty TV box and the door fell off his oven at the same time.
Police said they pulled the man over because of an anonymous call from someone who said a man tried to sell him a TV for $100 out of his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot and gave police a description of the man's beige 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass. The caller also described the man as appearing confused and unable to describe the TV or explain where he acquired it.
Anthony Myles, 52, was arrested on a charge of driving on a suspended license. Police said no other charges were filed.
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