Man Burglarizes Restaurant, Then Returns To Order Food Wearing Same Outfit

Here’s some advice: If you rob a restaurant, returning to that same restaurant later in the day for food wearing the same outfit is a very poor decision. There are hundreds of other restaurants to choose from. No losses were reported after the robbery incident, so perhaps, the Southern California man returned to the restaurant hoping to redeem himself with a hearty, tasty chicken meal. Rather than buying food, however, he bought himself some jail time.

NBC 10 reports:

A Southern California criminal’s craving to go back for seconds got him in hot water with authorities last week.

Daniel Lee Warn, 28, of was arrested by police Wednesday in a Costa Mesa El Pollo Loco restaurant after allegedly breaking into the location earlier in the day wearing the same outfit, officials said.

Police said a burglary was reported at an El Pollo Loco in the 1900 block of Harbor Blvd. Wednesday. No losses were reported from the incident.

Security footage showed a man dressed in a “distinctive” hat and green shirt entering the location through a drive-thru window and going through the registers looking for cash, officials said in a press release.

Later in the day, police received a call from employees of the chicken joint reporting a man—matching the description of the suspect—waiting in line to order food.

Police entered and arrested Warn. Authorities said he was still wearing the same clothing and hat as in the security video.

Costa Mesa Police said Warn is also connected to a string of recent commercial burglaries in the area which included break-ins at a local liquor store, DVD shop and chiropractic business.

Additional investigation is continuing to determine if Warn may be responsible for other recent commercial burglary incidents, police said.

Officials said Warn was sentenced to prison earlier this year, but was out as part of a post-release community supervision program.
Warn is currently being detained in the Orange County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.

The guy should have at least changed his outfit.

Image: Police Department.

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