Transcript for Candy Clues Lead to Clueless Robber

He kicked down his and -- share -- room. And he was able to get into a small all. After kicking in the front window to this party supply store -- EU life police say a man -- -- safe with cash and jewelry inside. But surprisingly the costlier move happen on the way out when he grabbed handfuls of candy. The detective asked me what do you notice that's missing besides your safe. And -- like anything over here and usually we we have this all stocked. All the candies and we had a box a variety chocolates and all the -- -- -- -- complete. -- during their investigation police matched a shoe print found on a piece of glass -- one found on the ground. While following the footprints police found and unexpected. String of clues. When the detective followed the trail to the fact she found him. But a bunch of candy wrappers they were all blending -- still -- new like they were just dropped over there. These police photos show how officers followed the trail of empty candy wrappers. Which led them writes -- the suspects nearby -- The fact that the suspect was so down to just sleep candy wrappers and tells those signing it means -- cutting room. Not know that you're dropping candy isn't just leaving a trail behind. Officers arrested Jose Lopez junior. For the shop it's sweet revenge after a bitter break --

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