Scott walked up to a police car stopped in traffic and told the officer he had stolen a car.
James McClary Scott IVDOTHAN, Alabama - A Springfield, Mass. man was arrested after walking up to a police car and confessed to stealing a car in Florida, according to the Birmingham News.
James McClary Scott IV, 22, was arrested on a felony charge of receiving stolen property. He was being held on a bond of $30,000.
Police told the newspaper that Scott got out of his car when he saw a police car in front of him in traffic. He walked up to the police car, told the officer he had stolen his car 30 miles away in Marrianna, Fla., and wished to turn himself in.
Dothan is roughly 200 miles southeast of Birmingham.