A Hueytown man saw an opportunity, and he took it.

He might have gotten away with it, police say, if he hadn't left a major clue at the crime scene.

The crime happened Feb. 9 when a woman was about to make a deposit at Wells Fargo Bank on John Hawkins Parkway, said Hoover police Capt. Gregg Rector. When she accidentally locked her keys in the vehicle, she put a bank bag holding $500 on the windshield.

That's when police say 23-year-old Justin Lebaronese Williams ran toward her, grabbed the bank bag and fled. Williams, however, unknowingly dropped his wallet on the ground next to the victim's car. Inside that wallet was an Alabama driver's license belonging to Williams.

Hoover police obtained a first-degree theft of property warrant against Williams. He was taken into custody Thursday by the Birmingham Police Department's Crime Reduction Team at an apartment on 17th Street Southwest.

Williams was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 3 p.m. Thursday, and released later in the evening after posting $15,000 bond. Alabama court records don't show any prior arrests for Williams.

Unfortunately the victim in this case lost about $500.00 cash. I'm sure that she was pleasantly surprised though when she looked down and saw his wallet lying on the ground. This was an unsolved case for maybe 3 minutes.

"We believe the suspect had his wallet in his hand when he grabbed the bank bag. He had no problem hanging onto the stolen cash,'' Rector said. "We would've liked to have seen his expression when he realized he left his I.D. behind."