Tampa teens try to steal occupied cop car

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A pair of Tampa undercover police officers say the crooks came to them as a trio of teens they were tailing allegedly tried to steal their car.

Officers Colin McCoy and Gary Saunders jumped out of their unmarked car and slapped the cuffs on just as one of the culprits was about to smash the window with a chunk of concrete.

The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times said Tuesday that, according to the officers' report, the suspects shined a flashlight in the window of their car and one of them said, "Hey, how about we get this car?"

One of the youths got away, but the other two confessed and said they had no idea the vehicle they were casing belonged to the police department.