A man Daniel Lee Warn, 28, who suspected of stealing from a hotel El Pollo Loco in Costa Mesa, California, was arrested after he returned to the restaurant for a meal a few hours after the robbery.
He was arrested when he tried to order food at the restaurant, because employees recognized him from the CCTV footage of the robbery.
The restaurant was closed at the time of the break-in, but the surveillance video showed a man climbing through the drive-through window and ransacking the cash register in a failed attempt to find money.
When Warn showed up to order lunch, he was wearing the same clothes as the person seen in the video. He was in a green T-shirt and a hat emblazoned with a bright pink face,according to reports.
The restaurant manager called police who arrested Warn on multiple counts of burglary.
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