CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- You might think the dozens of police officers would have been deterrent enough.

But officers in Chesterfield Township, Mich., report that didn't stop a man from trying to pass a phony check at a Wal-Mart.

The store was hosting it's annual "Shop with a Cop" charity event. There were 40 marked squad cars in the parking lot and 80 officers in the store.

But authorities said despite all the law, Calvin Fluckes still tried to buy $848 worth of items with a poor photocopy of a check. Police Lt. David Marker told the Detroit Free Press the man was immediately apprehended.

"He has to be an idiot," Marker told the Free Press. "I can't even imagine what he was thinking."