AUGUSTA (AP) — A reallife hamburglar struck a Maine McDonald’s last weekend.
Police say a young man, emulating the McDonald’s mascot known for purloining patties, ran between a car and the takeout window at the Augusta restaurant at about 6 p.m. on Sunday as an employee handed a bag of food to a driver.
A witness flagged down an officer leaving a convenience store next door.
Lt. Christopher Massey, acting on a description of the hungry thief, found him in the parking lot of a rival fast food restaurant diving into a McDonald’s bag.
Massey tells the Kennebec Journal the suspect swore and ran into the woods.
Massey talked to the three young men victimized by the thief, who said they didn’t know him.
McDonald’s replaced the stolen food, worth about $20.
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