Chew on this: Conn. police say gum thefts increase

Police in several Connecticut towns said they're dealing with a sticky situation - chewing gum thefts.

[clone benson]

nervous economy makes gum the exscape goat, hehehhahahehheh

[Saluki Rod]

Your mama's so poor I saw her on the street selling single pieces of Juicy Fruit.

[Arminius]

Gum theft is a gateway crime to stealing lollipops!

[Independent]

It's used to deliver acid timothy.

[Bad News Again]

I read a news story somewhere a couple months ago that gum was used in some explosives, now we hear that it's being stolen in bulk.

Bad omen that is.

Maybe it's not resales they are interested in but the scenario of shoplifting something innocent as gum could cover a world of other things more nefarious.

[Shoe]

Strange. Are most of their customers under the age of 21?

[Lawrence Wolf]

If they catch the gum thief, can they make the charges stick? Chew on that, America.

[Sam from Connecticut]

Thank you, #10.