Comedian Busted for Pranking Cops With iPhone

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There are laws against texting and driving. There are laws against using a handheld phone and driving. But for now, there are no laws against eating an iPhone-shaped-cookie and driving.

So stand-up comic Randy Liedtke did just that.

The Los Angeles-based comedian documented the clever prank on his social media accounts.

He first posted a photo on Monday of his iPhone-shaped cookies ( shown at right) on Twitter with the caption, 'Made iPhone Cookies to trick cops into pulling me over, I'll just take a bite and ask if cookies are against the law.'

Liedtke continued to post on social media about his prank: 'Driving around chatting on the Cookie iPhone I baked, trying to get pulled over so I can just eat the cookie in the cops face,' he said on Instagram.

According to Liedtke's Twitter, it wasn't until his attempts on Wednesday that he finally got the attention he was looking for - interaction with a police officer. The entire experience was documented in play-by-play commentary on social media.

'Just saw a police car going the other way. Gonna turn around and see if I can catch up and drive by it,' Liedtke posted on Twitter.

Five minutes later: 'OH MAN IM GETTING PULLED OVER STAY TUNED!'

The tweeting continued. 'Took a bite out of the cookie. He was so confused and angry. Told me to hold tight, he is back in his car now.'

Because holding cookies while driving is not illegal, one would think that Liedtke would be free to go about his day after this. Unfortunately, his tweets documented the unexpected outcome.

Liedtke tweeted that the cop told him he had a warrant out for unpaid parking tickets. 'Making me go with him. Letting me text gf but Im tweeting this,' Liedtke shared via Twitter, while posting a photo of a half-eaten iPhone cookie lying on the sidewalk.

Liedtke was then unheard from for almost 10 hours.

But Wednesday night, he returned to his Twitter account and posted a photo of himself in front of what appeared to be a police station, holding a sheet of paper that looked like a ticket ( shown at left).

'Wasn't worth it. I'm an idiot... No more iPhone Cookies,' he tweeted.

Liedtke did not return NBC4's requests for comment by the time of publication.

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