I love those stories about heists and capers gone wrong because the thief tried to rob the 7-11 where everyone knew him or attempted to deposit a check with his home address while pointing a gun at the bank teller and demanding the contents of the safe. And this story--of a Girl Scout getting robbed--has elements of that. Now, who would rob a girl scout and take her cookie money? Isn't that right up there with punching a nun or something?

I'll tell you who: a twelve-year-old kid. Nicole Grant, a ten-year-old Girl Scout, took an order from a kid on a bike, who then swiped the ziplock bag containing all $28 of Nicole's cookie cash stash and made her escape on a bike. Police tracked the suspect to her home, because she had put her address on the cookie order form. Um, duh. Now, Girl Scouts are supposed to be accompanied by adults at all times during the cookie sales, but I guess Nicole went solo entrepreneur without the knowledge of her parents. Her dad said, "But you learn from your mistakes, and she understands that now." I bet. She holds the distinction of being the first GS robbed in Savannah, the founding place of the Girl Scouts. Maybe she'll get a badge for that.