GRAND RAPIDS -- A man who hid hunting knives in his pants to try to steal them from a western Michigan store tripped while fleeing and stabbed himself in the abdomen, police say.

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A Michigan man was caught shoplifting $300 worth of hunting knives from Meijer after he scuffled with security guards and fell forward, impaling himself. He'd hidden the knives in the waistband of his pants.

A Michigan criminal's well thought-out knife heist, in which he would steal hunting knives by hiding them down his trousers, went perfectly according to plan - except for the bit where he tripped over as he fled the scene and stabbed himself in the abdomen.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A man who hid hunting knives in his pants to try to steal them from a western Michigan store tripped while fleeing and stabbed himself in the abdomen, police say.