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Police in Newington, Conn., are looking for this man, who was caught on surveillance video using a station wagon to ram his way into a Citgo convenience store early Wednesday morning. Once inside the convenience store, which was closed at the time, the man proceeded to pluck a banana from the shelf, peel and eat it, then leave without taking any money or other merchandise, police said.

(Newington Police Department)

NEWINGTON, Conn. — Police are using surveillance footage from a convenience store burglary to solve a crime that's ripe for on an episode of "World's Dumbest Criminals."

This isn't your average smash-and-grab burglary.

Man pulls up to a Newington convenience store in a station wagon.

Man rams the doors with the station wagon.

Man rams the doors again.

And again.

Doors break.

Man enters the store and plucks a banana from the shelf.

He peels it.

He eats it.

He leaves without taking money or other merchandise.

This unusual scenario played out early Wednesday morning at the Citgo Gas Station at 502 Cedar St., according to Newington police, who continue to investigate.

The store was closed at the time of the break-in, but responding officers found "extensive damage to the north entry doors," police said in a post on the department's Facebook page.

Surveillance video shows the suspect – a black man wearing a brown hat and dark-colored clothing – casually peeling and eating a banana before leaving without taking anything else.

Police said the man gained entry to the Harford-area Citgo store by repeatedly ramming its doors with the station wagon, a light-colored Ford Freestyle with Connecticut plates and damage to the rear bumper.

Newington police have released a surveillance photo of the suspect, who made no apparent attempt to conceal his identity, in the hope that anyone who recognizes him will contact authorities at (860) 666-8445.

"He was probably low on potassium," speculated Holly Sikes Kaufmann, who posted her comment on the Police Department's Facebook page.

"He didn't appear to be in any rush," Newington Police Sgt. Christopher J. Perry told the Hartford Courant.