Alleged restaurant burglar arrested after returning for lunch wearing the same clothes

An alleged serial burglar’s craving for El Pollo Loco Mexican-style grilled chicken appears to have contributed to his arrest.



Daniel Warn, 28, was caught on security video in the early morning hours of July 16 going through the drive-through window at the fast food restaurant in Costa Mesa, California. Video allegedly showed him ransacking the eatery, but he failed to find any money.

Later that day, police say Warn, of Bloomington, returned to the El Pollo Local to order food wearing the same distinctive hat and bright green shirt. “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,” authorities said.


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Warn was arrested at the restaurant. He is also a suspect in several other commercial burglaries in the south Costa Mesa area that occurred earlier in the week. Warn, who has a criminal arrest record, was out of jail as part of California’s Realignment program. He is being held at the Orange County Jail on $35,000 bail.