cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22954943
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Earlier this week, Austin police arrested a suspected car thief with a strange name.
According to court documents, 37-year-old Optimus Prime Blakely faces a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
The affidavit says officers stopped Blakely on Tuesday after they say they caught him driving a stolen vehicle on Congress Avenue near Radam Lane in south Austin.
I wonder if the US prison system can transform him.
Man named Optimus Prime arrested for car theft
I’m surprised. Usually articles such as this point out how likely things like this are to be custody battles
I tried to register my Nectar card using the name “Optimus Prime”… They never sent me one.
Cowards!
but why would a truck steal a car? maybe it was just rescuing it.
Optimus Crime
Disappointed with the headline writers for including ‘Man named…’
Don’t they know how to clickbait?
