This one from England:

Feeling a bit peckish, Amber McCarthy decided to grab one of those small boxes of cereal from the bar of the hotel where she was staying before she went about her daily business. Unfortunately, her daily business involved stealing cash from the register of the florist shop next door to the hotel. As she stole the cash, McCarthy accidentally scattered the cereal, thus creating a perfect trail from the scene of the crime back to her hotel room.

When police followed the trail they found McCarthy herself, along with cash and flowers - she admitted the burglary and three others and got a three-year supervision order.

She should have got porridge.

The Sun