That Must Have Been SOME Candy

I D A H O F A L L S, Idaho They won't have his fingerprints to tie him to the crime, but police say a thief didn't make it too difficult to catch him.

The man was careful enough to wipe away his prints after breaking into a vehicle, police say, but he didn't notice it was an unmarked police car. Or that its driver, Lt. Royce Clements, was watching him from across the street.

Even though the car was unmarked, the thief might have known he hadn't picked the best target. It had police lights in the window, a police radio on the dashboard and a police jacket on the back seat.

That didn't deter the man from breaking in and stealing a lighter, cigarettes and candy from the car, police said.

Neither did the fact that Clements was watching the scene from about 15 feet away, he told the Idaho Falls Post Register.

Once he'd made off with his haul, the man got in his own car and drove off, as Clements got into his vehicle and followed.

Clements then pulled him over and arrested him. [abcnews.com]