An alleged thief may have been caught due to his love of a Mexican fast food restaurant.

Daniel Warn was reportedly filmed on CCTV
breaking into the El Pollo Loco in Orange County,
California, on Wednesday morning.

The 28-year-old reportedly left the Costa Mesa
restaurant after not being able to find cash.

Rather than avoid the location for a while he
bizarrely decided to go back to buy some food
when it had opened, according to police.

Even worse, he was apparently wearing the same
distinctive outfit he donned during the attempted
robbery – a colourful hat and green t-shirt.

Unsurprisingly he was detained by authorities
after staff recognised him from the security
footage.
‘Shortly before noon on July 16, employees at the
El Pollo Loco contacted Costa Mesa Police
reporting that a subject matching the description
of the suspect seen on the store video was back
at the restaurant, in line to order food,’ the police
said.
Warn was being detained on a $35,000
(£20,500) bond.