A 21-year-old Escondido man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of committing one of the highest profile petty thefts in county history: stealing Girl Scout cookie money. After a chase and struggle, ...

A California man, dubbed “Cookie Monster,” is now in police custody after swiping a cash jar from Girl Scouts selling cookies outside an Escondido grocery store. David Betancort, 21, was arrested ...

The Cookie Monster – a quick-acting but slow-witted burglar with a hunger for cash and chocolate-chip cookies – is loose on Long Island. He left no trail of cookie crumbs after a store robbery, but ...

A group of Girl Scouts were just doing their thing, selling cookies outside a southern California grocery store last weekend, when a man stole around $40 in cash from the group’s donation jar, the Los ...