Scene from a Movie?

If this were a scene from a movie, you would call it hackneyed and contrived:

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- A wanted felon wanted to get lost in a corn maze, but Jefferson County authorities had other ideas. [...] Authorities were not to be deterred by the labyrinth of corn stalks. [...] Although it did take officers -- and their dogs -- two hours to find the couple.

They say life is stranger than fiction.