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‘Hamburglar’ hits Maine McD’s drive-thru

AUGUSTA, Maine — Police in Augusta, Maine, were searching Tuesday for a real-life “Hamburglar” who snatched a bag of food at a McDonald’s drive-thru.

The mystery young man ran between a car and the takeout window at the store and grabbed the bag while it was being handed over to the customer, before making his escape Sunday evening, the Kennebec Journal reported.

Augusta police Lt. Christopher Massey was leaving a nearby convenience store shortly after the rob-and-run took place and offered his assistance.

Massey found a suspect matching the patty pincher’s description in the parking lot of a rival fast-food joint tucking into a McDonald’s – but the man bolted into the woods nearby swearing before the cop could catch him.

The three young men whose snacks were stolen did not go hungry — McDonald’s replaced their food worth $20.

This is not the first time a wannabe “Hamburglar” has plagued the fast-food chain.

In November last year, Whitley Allen Teslow turned himself in after breaking into a Cedar Falls, Iowa, McDonald’s, grilling himself some hamburger patties, then firing up the deep fryer and fixing French fries.