MSNBC - A man caught removing tires from a truck has been charged with stealing the tractor-trailer containing $250,000 worth of Skittles, police said.

Seven pallets of the 28 in the truck are still missing, authorities said. Alan Chavez, 22, has been charged with first-degree felony theft. It was unclear Monday whether he had a lawyer.

Chavez said he had paid someone else $500 for the truck’s rims and tires, police said. The truck has an estimated value of $85,000, and the trailer’s value is $30,000.

I’m totally confused by this story.  How can the skittles be worth double the price of a tractor trailer?  I mean how much does a pack of skittles cost to make?  10 cents?  According to my math, that means there were like a bazillion packs of skittles in the truck.  And who do you sell the skittles to once you steal them?  Is there a black market for skittles that I don’t know about?   I mean even if this guy owned his own candy store he’d have to kidnap an entire neighborhood of kids and force them to buy only skittles for like 4 years straight to come close to reaching 250,000 grand.   Unless he marked them up to 20 bucks a pack, but what kid can afford that?    This reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons when Homer stole the sugar truck.  In theory it’s a good idea, but in reality it just doesn’t work.

Thanks to Chris for the story.