I have long espoused that thieves are not the sharpest tools in the shed. This thief, however, is one of the dumbest. He could easily find himself on TruTV’s show “World’s Dumbest.”

As a counselor for both in-class and online shoplifting classes I hear all kinds of crazy stories. This one about takes the cake. As reported in gma.yahoo.com.

You might not even believe this: police nabbed a South Carolina teenager when they followed a trail of Cheetos leading from a convenience store to a local residence where he was staying.

The thief is one Austin Lee Westfall Presler, a 19-year-old arrested for stealing beer, cigarettes, snacks and energy drinks from the local store.

In addition to robbing the store of $160 worth of merchandise, Presler added insult to injury by causing upwards of $2,500 worth of damage.

The incident occurred at 2:30 a.m... Presler kicked in the front door, knocked out the beer cooler, and stole beer, cigarettes, Slim Jims, and in his haste, he punctured two or three bags of Cheetos.

Those Cheetos were strewn all over the store's floor and in the doorway. A neighbor across the street told police that the car Presler was driving was parked across the street at the Hard Times Café.

Cheetos were all over the parking lot, at the place where he parked his car, and at the residence.

Could a mandatory stop theft class in middle school have prevented this embarrassing incident? Could a stop theft class now help Presler stay on the straight and narrow? Time will tell.