Thief Gets Just Desserts

In February 2005, a man was arrested for breaking into a visitor?s car at the Inland Marsh parking lot. He was caught with a box of cookies and tooth flossers that he?d removed from the vehicle. The man was identified as a suspect in numerous other car clouts in the park and the northwest Indiana region during the previous several years. While the theft of chocolate chip cookies may sound inconsequential, the subsequent investigation recovered stolen property from several other car clouts in the vicinity. Investigators also learned that the man has an extensive criminal history of over 29 arrests for various crimes. Due to his impressive criminal record, he was recently sentenced to six months imprisonment and restitution of $650 for the cookie break-in. Upon the completion of his federal sentence, he will be facing prosecution from several local jurisdictions for similar crimes.