Nicked'er treaters: Dumbest criminals of the week

According to the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, the group would trek through the woods to get to the homes and cars they targeted for burglaries.

They broke into at least two homes and five vehicles and made off with weapons, cash, tools and food that they would then bring back to the woods and stash beneath piles of leaves.

One of the items they stole was a bag of miniature Milky Way candy bars, police said.

Investigators from the Heard County Sheriff’s Office followed a trail of the discarded wrappers they found in the woods, which led them directly to the home of one of the sticky-fingered suspects.

[None of these guys are geniuses on their own, of course, but together … — Ed]