UTAH - A 24-year-old man was arrested after his girlfriend accidentally tipped him off to police. She was merely trying to reach him on his cell phone to find out where he was.

The problem was that the criminal left his cell phone at the crime scene.

Police noticed the phone ringing during the middle of their investigation and answered.

The girlfriend asked, "Are you with [the suspect]?"

Police replied, "No, but we will be shortly." Lt. Doug Edwards told reporters about the difficulty of being a criminal. "A life of crime is pretty tough. It's even tougher when you're stupid."