A monster thief nearly made off with a big bite of one state’s Girl Scout cookie supply.
On Thursday, a South Carolina man was charged with stealing more than 5,000 boxes of Thin Mints and Shortbreads, The Associated Press reported.
Police fingered 37-year old Christopher Maurice Morton as the alleged cookie culprit who took $19,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies from a Spartanburg, S.C., warehouse.
The owner of Carey Moving and Storage reported more than 450 cases missing after an inventory was conducted on Feb. 26.
There wasn’t a trail of crumbs, but authorities were led to Morton, a truck driver at the warehouse.
Master Deputy Kevin Bobo said Morton has since been fired and charged with "breach of trust more than $10,000."
The plan behind the cookie heist still remains a mystery. But, Bobo said Greenville County sheriff deputies recovered 352 cases from behind an abandoned business.
It’s unclear what happened to the nearly 100 other cases of cookie loot.
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