McDonald's Manager In Training Burglarizes Pa. Restaurant

A McDonald's manager-in-training disabled a security system and stole more than $3,000 from the South Greensburg restaurant, borough police said.

Dec. 11, 2011

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A McDonald's manager-in-training disabled a security system and stole more than $3,000 from the South Greensburg restaurant, borough police said.

He left a damaged video recorder behind because he had too much loot and other items to carry, police said.

Anthony Deloren King, 21, of 131 Madison Ave., Apt. 3, Greensburg, faces charges of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal trespass and criminal mischief after his arraignment on Saturday before New Kensington District Judge Frank Pallone.

King confessed to burglarizing the South Main Street business about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, police Chief Scott Fanchalsky said. King appeared for work a few hours after the burglary, while police were processing the scene, according to court papers.

Authorities used the video recorder, which was damaged because it had been smashed to the floor near a door, to help link the crimes to King, Fanchalsky said.

"It (the recorder) was just too much for him to carry," Fanchalsky said.

King told police his backpack became weighed down with coins and other objects garnered in the burglary. He elected to leave the recorder behind, the chief said.

King was one of four employees who closed the restaurant shortly after midnight Thursday.

Surveillance footage retrieved from the video recorder shows him opening and sliding through a drive-through window at 2:21 a.m., the arresting officer, Sgt. Bryan Painter, stated in court papers. Video depicts King leaving that window unlocked while closing the business with the others about two hours earlier, police said.

In the surveillance footage, King is wearing a dark-colored coat or jacket, with the hood up and his face uncovered, gloves and dark-colored shoes, police said. Authorities matched clothing found in a closet at King's residence to the jacket, gloves and shoes that the suspect was wearing during the burglary, Fanchalsky said.

"The last portion of the video we observed is when the suspect entered the office, and he is observed removing a can of spray paint from the back pack and proceeds to spray the camera located in the office," according to court papers.

King, as a manager-trainee, had the combination to the safe, police said.

A manager, opening the business later Thursday morning, called police when she discovered the office safe had been rifled and that money, nine cashier drawers, the previous day's deposits and a coin box were missing.

Early estimates put the amount of cash and coins taken at between $3,500 and $4,500, according to court papers.

King cut wires to disable the business' alarm system and further cut connections for the office video recorder, police said. Damage estimates exceed $1,000.

King, who was jailed in lieu of posting $50,000 bond, faces a preliminary hearing before Hempfield District Judge James Falcon.