Police Catch Half Of Doughnut Shop Bandit Crew

The easiest way to make it to the top of law enforcement’s “must catch” list? Rob doughnut shops. A 20-year-old Oakland man has been charged with four counts of second-degree robbery for a string of East Bay donut shop heists. Police say he is suspected in at least six total incidents, including four that happened on the same day; all but one targeted donut shops in Oakland and San Leandro. He and an uncharged accomplice allegedly jumped over counters to raid cash registers or grabbed the registers and ran. Investigators identified him through cellphone records, surveillance footage, and victim statements. When officers came to arrest him, he was wearing shoes that matched those seen on one of the robbers in surveillance footage.