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Oct 6, 2006 7:58 am US/Eastern

Car Thief Nabbed After Answering Victim's Phone

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) ― It's a call that a couple of suspected car thieves in San Diego should have never taken.

Police say a man dialed his own cell phone number hours after his car was stolen yesterday with the phone inside.

The person who picked up offered to sell him back his car and arranged to meet him later on in the day.

But the victim called police, who sent undercover officers to the meeting instead.

When 23-year-old Miguel Valverde and a 17-year old girl approached the detectives, the two were taken into custody.

The keys to the stolen vehicle were recovered from one of the suspects, and the car was found parked just around the corner.

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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