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Ill-fitting pants helped Madison police officers catch a teenager who allegedly stole a car Monday afternoon.

Johnny R. Dunlap, 18, of Madison, was arrested after he tripped when his pants fell down while trying to run away from officers, Madison police said.

A 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt was reported stolen in the 400 block of West Gorham Street on Monday afternoon, and an officer noticed two females and a man leave the car and begin walking westbound on University Avenue. After more officers arrived, they approached the three people. Police said the two females seemed to be unaware that the car was stolen.

When police asked the man, later identified as Dunlap, questions, he said he was "Santino Jones from California," and then began to run.

Officers chased the Dunlap, who eventually fell because of his loose pants, and arrested him, police said.

Dunlap was taken to the Dane County Jail and tentatively charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and resisting and obstructing a police officer, police said.