CHESTER, Vt. (AP) – Some may call it cruel and unusual punishment to be locked in a state police storage room with some Girl Scout cookies – and ordered not to eat them.

But it was too much for one New Hampshire man to resist.

Police brought Ethan Frock, 30, of Keene, N.H., to the Vermont State Police barracks in Rockingham on Wednesday, saying they found him with a small amount of marijuana.

Because the State Police barracks lack a holding cell, suspects are frequently kept in the storage room until they can be taken elsewhere. Ethan Frock noticed that there were several boxes of Girl Scout cookies in the storage room. Police told him to leave the cookies alone. But Frock couldn’t help himself and started eating the cookies, court documents said. When police caught him, they charged him with theft.

Frock paid the price: He pleaded guilty to marijuana possession and eating the cookies, receiving a combined fine of $500.

After his release, Frock said he looked forward to heading home and eating his own box of Girl Scout cookies.

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