Drunk dude breaks into Taco Bell for Doritos shells, despite fact that Doritos are sold basically everywhere

Sir, why?
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Drunk dude breaks into Taco Bell for Doritos shells, despite fact that Doritos are sold basically everywhere
IRVINE, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: The Doritos Locos Taco continues to be a best seller for Taco Bell. (Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Taco Bell) Credit: Getty Images for Taco Bell

Why break into a Taco Bell to eat Doritos taco shells when you can buy a bag of them literally anywhere else?

That's a question for Jose Cruz who, per the Pasadena Star-News, broke into a local Taco Bell on Saturday, and ate a bunch of cheese dust-coated taco shells. Then he turned himself in to the local authorities.

His defense?

"He said he was drunk and hungry and broke into the business to eat taco shells," Lieutenant Pete Hettema told the Pasadena Star-News.

The paper reports Cruz was subsequently arrested, and spent the weekend in a Los Angeles jail awaiting his Tuesday arraignment.

All this could have been avoided had Cruz just wandered into a grocery store, or a convenience store, or pretty much any other purveyor of food products. I mean, they sell them at gas stations!

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[h/t:Eater]

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