Some of the Most Bizarre Things Thieves Have Ever Stolen

Sweets

We all know the pain of finding out that someone ate the treat we were looking forward to, but one sweet-toothed burglar took it to the next level—and left a breadcrumb trail. In 2017, Yasuhiro “Sugar” Wakashima confessed he’d caused almost $50,000 in a string of at least 40 dessert thefts across Tokyo in which he gobbled down ice cream, chocolate, and other sweets. The DNA evidence from leftovers and crumbs sold him out. Check out these other dumb criminals who left major evidence behind.