The neighbor was fortunate enough to only be faced with some hours of grilling by the police after he was arrested on his doorstep. Fortunate in that he didn't inadvertently do anything to cause the snipers standing by to kill him (had that happened, of course, no doubt that would have closed the books on the whole fake robbery).
4-Year-Old Ruins Babysitter’s Plan to Blame Home Invasion on Black Guy
Four year-old Abby Dean from Washington, Wisconsin ruined a plan to falsely accuse her black next door neighbor of robbing her house last Wednesday.
As Art Linkletter successfully proved, you can't get a four year old to lie. His favorite tactic: "Are there any things that grownups told you NOT to say on TV? What were they?"