Man Lies To Police Officers So He Can Get Ride Home From The Mall

A man lied to Mentor Police so he could get a ride home Wednesday from Great Lakes Mall, according to the police department's Facebook page.

Andre Otis, 26, of Cleveland, called police and told them he had been robbed at gunpoint in the mall's parking lot.

However, when an officer arrived at the mall to talk to him, Otis's story became inconsistent.

Ultimately, Otis admitted that he made the story up because he was cold and had no ride home, police said.

Otis was charged with misdemeanor counts of falsification and misuse of 911. He's scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning in .

The following arrest information was supplied by the Mentor Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. For questions about this story, email jason.lea@patch.com.