SCITUATE, Mass. - (04/18/05) -- A McDonald's cook changed out of hiswork shirt, donned a hat and walked across the parking lot duringhis lunch break last Wednesday, then robbed adjacent Dexter CU of$4,200, before returning to flip burgers for the rest of theafternoon, according to police. The cook, identified as RobertSalisbury, was arrested the following day when an officerinvestigating the scene noticed him standing outside the McDonald'sand thought he looked like the robber caught on the credit union'ssurveillance tape. The fast-food cook had a credit union envelopetucked into his shoe with more than $3,000 in it when he wasarrested.
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