Doughnut-eating champ charged with stealing from Dunkin’

This undated image provided by the Elizabeth City Police Department shows Bradley Hardison, a North Carolina man who made headlines when he was caught for break-ins after winning a doughnut-eating contest in 2014, and who has been arrested again for allegedly stealing in a doughnut shop. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reports that Hardison was charged on Thursday, January 18, 2018, with stealing from a Dunkin’ Donuts store in November 2017. (Elizabeth City Police Department/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A North Carolina man who made headlines when he was caught for break-ins after winning a doughnut-eating contest has been arrested again. And this time he is accused of stealing from a doughnut shop.

The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported that 27-year-old Bradley Hardison of Elizabeth City was charged on Thursday with stealing from a Dunkin’ Donuts in November.

An Elizabeth City Police Department statement said he was charged with felonies, including breaking and entering and larceny. It was not clear, however, if he helped himself to any doughnuts.

A phone listing for Hardison rang disconnected.

The Virginian-Pilot reported that in 2014, Hardison won a doughnut-eating contest put on by the Elizabeth City police while he was wanted on suspicion of several break-ins.

Investigators said they arrested Hardison after his win prompted further scrutiny, and he was convicted, according to the paper.                   /kga