FAIRFIELD -- A sticky-fingered Stratford man has been charged with stealing hundreds of packs of a particular chewing gum from area stores.

Kenneth McManus, 21, of Kings Row, surrendered to police after being told there was a warrant for his arrest on a charge of fourth-degree larceny.

He is already charged with two counts of sixth-degree larceny for similar thefts in Bridgeport and Stratford.

He is free after posting $100 bond.

McManus appears to have a craving for Orbit gum, which he has allegedly stolen in each instance, police said.

In a Jan. 22 incident, McManus is accused of stealing 175 packs of gum valued at more than $500 from the Shaw's supermarket on Black Rock Turnpike here.

Police said McManus was recorded on the supermarket's surveillance camera stuffing the individual packs of gum into his coat pockets and then leaving the store.

Three days earlier, he was charged with stealing $200 worth of gum from the Shaw's in Stratford.

That was 12 days after he was arrested for stealing $75 worth of gum from the CVS store on Boston Avenue in Bridgeport.