VIDEO: Man breaks into animal shelter to steal gumballs

Monday, March 12, 2018
SACRAMENTO, California (WABC) -- A man broke into an animal shelter in California, but he didn't try to steal cash - he tried to steal gumballs.

The man dubbed the 'Gumball Bandit' struggled to drag the machine through a broken window at the shelter in Sacramento.
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At one point, the gumballs spilled out and left the man with only the machine.

Eventually the bandit brought the machine out through another exit and tossed it over a barbed wire fence.
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His wild journey has gone viral.

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