Woman arrested after calling 911 on herself while attempting to steal a car

A US woman has been arrested after reportedly calling 911 to report she was stealing a car from a dealership - so she "could do it legally".

Deputies say Christy Turman, 37, called the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida to report the crime. It happened just before 1 a.m. Friday, May 31, at Val Ward Cadillac in Fort Myers, about a 130-mile drive south of Tampa.

"Because I'm trying to steal a car that's not legally mine! I'm making a report. I'm reporting this," Turman said to dispatch.

(Christy Turman, 37, called the Lee County Sheriff's Office to report that she was stealing a car. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)

“A female (stated) that she was attempting to steal a vehicle from the dealership parking lot and wanted the police to know,” the sheriff’s office said in a video posted June 5 on Facebook.

Deputies say Turman told them she was training in a game of Black Ops to steal a car but called 911 to make the crime legal.

“Deputies arrived on scene and observed (the suspect) exiting the side of the stolen (Toyota) Corolla.”

She hoped telling deputies in advance would “make the carjacking legal,” officials said. It didn’t.

However, the timely arrival of deputies did prevent her from being charged with grand theft.

The 37-year-old woman was instead charged with trespassing on accusations of entering the dealership parking lot after closing, according to a report. It is her sixth arrest since 2005, jail records show. Turman was reportedly arrested and is facing trespassing charges.

Ref: Woman arrested after calling 911 on herself while attempting to steal a car (9news)