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Sticky-Fingered Skittles Snatchers Call the Scene of the Crime
Everyone knows the bad guy always returns to the scene of the crime, but actually calling the scene and identifying oneself is … well … it’s just stupid.

Mitchell Scudder and Brian Current, two bad-to-the-bone bandits with a craving for candy, stole $30 worth of Skittles and Starburst from a Little League concession stand in Minnesota, the Associated Press reports. But these sugar-fueled sneaks forgot a fairly important piece of evidence after grabbing the goodies from the stand — Scudder’s cell phone.

Cops, who found the phone in the building, were undoubtedly surprised — albeit pleasantly — when the owner of the phone gave his missing mobile a ring and identified himself to the officers on the other end of the line.

The police arranged a phone-returning rendezvous with the sticky-fingered candy crooks. When the officers arrived at Scudder’s house, he answered the door with a mouthful of Skittles. Cops found 20 bags of candy in the house, and another 20 in a backpack. Damage to the concession stand was estimated between $500 and $1,000.
Old cop saying: if all the crooks were smart the jails would be empty.

Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-09
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=155545