A man who prosecutors said broke into a U.K. industrial park to steal almost 200,000 chocolate Easter eggs has pleaded guilty to theft and criminal damage.(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Christopher Furlong via Getty Images
LONDON (AP) — A man who prosecutors said broke into a U.K. industrial park to steal almost 200,000 chocolate Easter eggs has pleaded guilty to theft and criminal damage.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that Joby Pool, 32, used a metal grinder to break through a gate at an industrial park in Telford, central England, on Saturday, then used a stolen semi truck to tow away a trailer loaded with Cadbury Creme Eggs and other chocolate goods worth more than 31,000 pounds ($38,000).
West Mercia Police tweeted Monday that shortly after the break-in, officers stopped a vehicle “presumably purporting to be the Easter bunny” on a highway and arrested a man on suspicion of theft.
Prosecutor Owen Beale said Pool gave up when he realized police were after him.
Pool “walked towards the police with his hands up. He was arrested and the load was recovered,” Beale said.
He added that Pool had planned the theft and that he had previous convictions for handling stolen goods.
lemmy1686 on March 2nd, 2023 at 17:26 UTC »
Dude just realized how much regular eggs cost now, and figured these would be worth millions.
TheTowerBard on March 2nd, 2023 at 15:14 UTC »
This is one crime I can totally understand. Those things are too good. I’d argue temporary insanity after being completely overcome by the site of a whole truck of them.
lokie65 on March 2nd, 2023 at 14:12 UTC »
I told him I would buy him a box...