Add The California Post on Google A shifty Swiftie pulled off a brazen heist at a Southern California ice cream shop, leaving employees stunned after allegedly stealing a life-size cardboard cutout of Taylor Swift from just inside the front door.
The barefoot suspect, wearing a white T-shirt, black joggers and a black cap, first visited the Mister Softee shop in Camarillo with five friends around 8 p.m. Monday. After the group finished their ice cream and left, he returned about 20 minutes later.
Surveillance video obtained by The California Post shows the man casually walking inside barefoot and looking around before grabbing the Swift and walking out around 8:21 p.m.
The shop is now asking the public to help identify the suspect and bring Taylor back.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share that our Taylor Swift standee has been stolen from our Camarillo store. If you recognize this guy, let us know,” Mister Softee store posted on its Instagram page.
The shop’s followers chimed in with theories and nicknames for the thief.
“He came in barefoot, so he lives close,” commented one user. Another called him “the barefoot bandit.”
Mister Softee continues to serve its Taylor Swift-inspired “Swiftie Swirl” ice cream that features “vanilla soft serve blended with cookie dough and chocolate dip to create chocolate chips, topped with mini M&M’s, whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles.”
The store introduced this flavor after their truck was spotted by TMZ in front of the Madison Square Garden in New York ahead of the star-studded wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce earlier this month.
