Just two days earlier than Halloween final yr, a Missouri man allegedly stole hundreds of Snickers bars from a Sam’s Club retailer in St. Charles.
Police are looking for Clifton L. Davis, 50, of St. Louis County, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest, in keeping with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Davis was charged final week with felony stealing in reference to the theft of fifty containers of Snickers and two jugs of laundry detergent, valued at greater than $2,600. He is presently not in custody.
Using retailer surveillance footage, investigators stated they have been capable of determine Davis because the suspect accused of leaving the shop with the sweet bars on October 29, 2025.
Davis allegedly walked into Sam’s Club, crammed a buying cart with the sweet bars and the containers of detergent, and left with out paying, police stated.
Security cameras later captured a person loading the sweet into the again of a black Lincoln Navigator earlier than leaving the scene.
Store staff instructed police they thought they acknowledged Davis, and believed he had beforehand tried to steal merchandise from the shop.
Davis has an in depth felony historical past and is described by court docket officers as being “a multi-state stealing offender with numerous arrests and convictions dating back 1992.”
He has a number of stealing convictions from shops all through the St. Louis area since 2023, in keeping with court docket data obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The sweet bars would represent Davis’ largest financial theft.
Davis was convicted of stealing merchandise from Walmart in Wentzville, a Schnuck Market grocery retailer in O’Fallon, a Home Depot in Bridgeton, and a Menards in St. Ann. He additionally has been convicted of a theft from an unnamed retailer in Kirkwood.
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