Police: Alleged Car Thief Was Carjacked

COVINA, Calif. (AP) - Police in a Los Angeles suburb have arrested a man who reported being carjacked. They say he stole the car in the first place.

Twenty-five-year-old Cory Ball of Upland was arrested Thursday and remains jailed on $25,000 bail.

Police say Ball told them he met two men in a Starbucks and they decided to drive to a Covina home to buy marijuana.

But Ball said one man later pulled a gun and his new companions fled in the 2012 Honda Odyssey.

Sgt. Gregg Peterson says Bell later confirmed the minivan had been stolen earlier that day in Upland.

He also says Ball had some checks that had been taken from the stolen car.

Ball was arrested on suspicion of auto theft and possessing stolen property.