GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 12 (UPI) -- Police in Alpine Township, Mich. say a 22-year-old man admitted stabbing himself in the thigh in order to have an excuse for being late to work.

The man, whom authorities didn't identify, at first told Kent County Sheriff's deputies that he was stabbed outside his apartment building by someone who asked him for a cigarette, WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich., reports.


After being re-interviewed, the man admitted stabbing himself Sunday, saying he had overslept and was going to be late to work.

Investigators planned to charge him with filing a false police report.

Alpine Township is just outside of Grand Rapids.