Short-Order Cook Gets Long Time ForLunchtime Heist

January 04, 2006, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

SCITUATE, Mass. - (01/04/06) A McDonalds cook whochanged out of his work shirt and apron and crossed the parking lotto rob Dexter CU before returning to flip burgers the rest of theday was sentenced last week to 42 months in prison. RobertSalisbury, 22, was arrested April 15, the day after the robbery,when a police officer investigating the scene noticed him standingoutside the McDonald's and thought he looked like the robber caughton the credit union's surveillance tape. When police brought thefast-food cook in for questioning they found he had a credit unionenvelope tucked into his shoe with more than $3,400 of the $4,620stolen from the credit union.

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