Eight arrested in Georgia theft ring after trail of candy wrappers leads police to suspects

Georgia authorities have arrested eight people involved in an alleged theft ring after a trail of candy wrappers led investigators to one suspect's house.

"What they were doing was using trails throughout the woods to transport the [stolen] items from one place to another. Being the incident location back to wherever they were storing it," Coweta County Sheriff's Office Investigator Christian Spinks told the outlet. "Furthermore, they were actually using the woods to conceal the stolen property, hiding it in the woods, burying it under the leaves." Bennett allegedly left behind a trail of Milky Way wrappers while burglarizing homes. (FOX 5 Atlanta) The suspects also allegedly left behind other food items, like this jug of orange juice. (FOX 5 Atlanta) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

Bennet and seven others, including a juvenile, are accused of walking through the woods to enter victims' homes, stealing items including firearms and food, and even taking showers inside the homes, FOX 5 reported.