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Hazelwood, MO (KMOV) -- Some people will do anything to get out of a traffic ticket.

A man in north St. Louis County tried something pretty extreme during a routine traffic stop.

A Hazelwood officer says he noticed the passenger making a cell phone call.

It turns out, the man called in a fake robbery at a nearby convenience store, hoping the officer would have to respond to that instead of writing his friend a ticket.

He was busted when the dispatcher heard the officer in the background.