Gelato leads police to burglary suspect
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Christina Briscoe scoops ice cream at Il Laboratorio del Gelato, an ice cream shop in New York, July 15, 2012. The third Sunday of every July is National Ice Cream Day in the United States. REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) - RTR34YWC (Reuters)
Police in South Carolina were able to nab a burglary suspect when they linked gelato in his possession to the same Italian-style ice cream that had been stolen from a store.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that Charleston police responded to a report of a string of vandalisms at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officers found shattered glass at eight buildings on the street and four more on a street nearby.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Around 1 a.m., police found 20-year-old Robert Corbit Hodges nearby. He was drunk, bleeding and carrying a container of gelato.
Investigators determined the gelato had been taken from Burbages Grocery, one of the targeted businesses.
Hodges was arrested on charges of second-degree burglary and public intoxication. It's unclear if he has an attorney.