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An Italian thief who dropped his cell phone while mugging an elderly woman ended up turning himself in to police. The thief called his own phone and arranged with the "finder" to meet and retrieve it. Unfortunately, the "finder" turned out to be the police.

The 77-year-old victim handed over the phone that the bag snatcher had dropped to police, who lured the thief to a meeting where he was arrested, news agency Agi reported on Monday.

Agi said the man had been freed from prison recently under an Italian mass pardon meant to ease congestion in jails.

By the time police were waiting for him at the meeting point, the 35-year-old had already robbed another old lady and was riding a stolen scooter, Agi said.

He was on a one man crime spree. Boy, if you don't think that release program blunder isn't going to come back to haunt the Socialists, you're dreaming.