Suspected car thief gets busted after pulling over to check out the eclipse
Foiled by science.
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NASHVILLE, TN - AUGUST 21: Holiday Inn hosts an Eclipse viewing party with Scholastic as part of the culmination event to the "Summer of Smiles" program on August 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Holiday Inn)
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The eclipse was a once in a lifetime event and millions of people in the United States dropped what they were doing to give the phenomenon a peek.
Including suspected car thieves.
Orange County law enforcement were tailing a stolen car Monday when the suspect suddenly pulled over to gaze upon the moon passing in front of the sun through a welding face mask.
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They were all too proud to put it on their Facebook page.
Seeing solar eclipse is a incredibly rare occurrence. But getting arrested during one is even rarer.
