Teen Makes Escape With Bed Sheets, Evades Arrest

What do you do when the police come knocking? If you're this teenage runaway, you fashion yourself an escape rope out of bed sheets and climb out a fourth-floor window. That’s what the unnamed 16-year-old did in the wee hours of Monday morning at a Colorado Hilton hotel, KRDO reports. After he eluded police, the boy and an acquaintance are believed to have gotten on a bus and out of Dodge—or in this case, Colorado Springs.

The teen was reported as a runaway from another unspecified state, reports the Colorado Springs Gazette. Police believe he ended up in the room at the Antlers Hilton after using a relative's credit card. The jig was up when that same relative called the police to report the credit-card fraud, sending officers to the hotel shortly after 1am. But the teen didn't open the room's door, forcing the police to wait for a search warrant. When they finally forced their way in, they found nothing but his makeshift rope. A warrant is out for the teen’s arrest for suspicion of identity theft. (More weird crimes stories.)