DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - A Duluth man is behind bars after allegedly stealing a car and repeatedly calling 911 to brag to police that they would not catch him.

Police say the 23-year-old man stole gas from a gas station late Friday, then fled in a car he allegedly stole earlier in the night. A police officer spotted the stolen car about 2 a.m. Friday and chased the man, who crashed into a guardrail but then turned off his lights and sped away.

Police soon found the car abandoned. Shortly after that, the man allegedly began calling 911 from a cell phone and telling dispatchers he would not be caught because he was "smarter than the police."

But about two hours later, a man called 911 to report a prowler at his home. Police arrived and found the suspect hiding in a shed, and arrested him after a short struggle.

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