Candy Fights Crime!
I’m a little hazy on the facts, but apparently two men have been arrested for their part in a summer bank robbery after law enforcement found a DNA match on a chewed piece of candy, according to the Winston-Salem Journal in Virginia. First off, who chews a piece of candy and doesn’t swallow it? I guess that’s what I’m a little foggy on. Did one of them start eating it and then spit it out? I don’t know.
But the end result is a team of father/son bank robbers (yes, it was really a father/son combo) have been charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Sheriff’s deputies said that a robber entered the bank, jumped over the counter, took some cash, and left…while telling the tellers to lie down. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. Witnesses saw the guy run to a waiting car.
Investigators, with the help of a police dog, searched the area and found a piece of candy. The article described it as a soft fruit chew, so I’m thinking Starburst, maybe? They sent it for testing and it matched a DNA sample they had on file. Sounds like a movie or something.
This sounds something that I would do. Not being able to resist candy, even during a bank robbery. How mad would you be at your partner if you got caught because he had to eat candy…like, RIGHT THEN. Couldn’t wait until they got home or something. Weird. Anyway, nice police work and good to see candy on the right side of the law.