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That's HungryRoot.com slash criminal, code criminal, to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. HungryRoot.com slash criminal, code criminal. About a year and a half earlier, in the early morning hours of December 17, 1998, police in Sacramento, California, got a call about a break-in at a local McDonald's.
Employees arrived at the restaurant and found a masked man waiting for them inside. He had a handgun and had avoided setting off any alarms by coming through the roof, using power tools. Days earlier, another nearby McDonald's south of Sacramento had been robbed in the exact same way.
Employees arrived at the restaurant and found a masked man waiting for them inside. He had a handgun and had avoided setting off any alarms by coming through the roof, using power tools. Days earlier, another nearby McDonald's south of Sacramento had been robbed in the exact same way.
A few months later, in March of 1999, McDonald's was robbed in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco. It was early morning when a man wearing a ski mask approached workers inside while holding a handgun. He ordered them into the walk-in cooler and took $900. He had entered the building by cutting a three-foot square hole into the roof.
A few months later, in March of 1999, McDonald's was robbed in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco. It was early morning when a man wearing a ski mask approached workers inside while holding a handgun. He ordered them into the walk-in cooler and took $900. He had entered the building by cutting a three-foot square hole into the roof.
Police said that in recent months, other McDonald's locations in Northern California had been robbed too. A police sergeant told a reporter the suspect had entered through the roof each time, saying, quote, chains are built the same way and floor plans are pretty much the same. It cuts down on the workload. One detective told a reporter, I'd look up on the roof if I had a McDonald's.
Police said that in recent months, other McDonald's locations in Northern California had been robbed too. A police sergeant told a reporter the suspect had entered through the roof each time, saying, quote, chains are built the same way and floor plans are pretty much the same. It cuts down on the workload. One detective told a reporter, I'd look up on the roof if I had a McDonald's.
Robbery started popping up all over the West Coast.
Robbery started popping up all over the West Coast.
By August of that year, there had been 27 similar robberies across California, Nevada, and Oregon. And the way the suspect got in each time, through the roof, wasn't the only thing connecting them. According to detectives, one reporter wrote, the robber's cordial demeanor is as distinct as his rooftop entry.
By August of that year, there had been 27 similar robberies across California, Nevada, and Oregon. And the way the suspect got in each time, through the roof, wasn't the only thing connecting them. According to detectives, one reporter wrote, the robber's cordial demeanor is as distinct as his rooftop entry.
He was also known to call police from borrowed employee cell phones, or pay phones, to tell them that there were employees locked in the cooler. But police couldn't catch him.
He was also known to call police from borrowed employee cell phones, or pay phones, to tell them that there were employees locked in the cooler. But police couldn't catch him.
In October of 1999, the Sacramento Bee reported that the so-called rooftop robber had taken his, quote, fast food fetish to the East Coast. McDonald's up and down I-95 between Virginia and South Carolina were being robbed. McDonald's corporate offered a $5,000 reward. Some people speculated that the suspect was a former McDonald's employee.
In October of 1999, the Sacramento Bee reported that the so-called rooftop robber had taken his, quote, fast food fetish to the East Coast. McDonald's up and down I-95 between Virginia and South Carolina were being robbed. McDonald's corporate offered a $5,000 reward. Some people speculated that the suspect was a former McDonald's employee.