Thank goodness for Chef Boyardee: Ravioli theft suspect caught with ‘telltale’ sauce on his lips

He would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling tomato sauce.

Or maybe not. It appears that police in Gregg County, Texas had already cornered Michael Don Mitchell on suspicion that the 38-year-old had allegedly broken into a Lakeport home, stolen $87 in cash... and eaten a can of ravioli.

The Huffington Post notes that officers arrested and charged the man after they discovered red sauce smeared on his lips, a gastronomical detail that the arrest report describes as "consistent with the sauce used in Chef Boyardee raviolis."

He's currently stewing in a Gregg County jail on a $10,000 bond.

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Mitchell joins another suspect in sauce-on-his-face category, this one out of Nelson, B.C.

Back in August, the Nelson Star reported that police arrested a 44-year-old man after he allegedly broke into a local restaurant and removed several items — some of which remained in a saucy ring around his mouth.

Both men would have been wise to take notes from Daniel Bedard.

After allegedly breaking into Celine Dion's Laval mansion and fixing himself a meal, police found the 36-year-old running himself a bath upstairs.

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Though he was arrested and charged with break and enter and causing property damage, there was no mention of any meal remnants on his person.