I would assume if you're stealing a vehicle and you know there's a chance you could get into a police chase, you'd try to steal the fastest one you could find.

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This guy stole the slowest.

33-year-old Travis Campbell from New Orleans stole a steamroller from a construction site where he used to work last week. The cops started chasing him, so Travis gunned the steamroller up to its top speed 8 MPH.

Shockingly, the cops were able to catch up with him and he was arrested for theft.

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Read more at NOPD News.

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