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McDonald's Employee Spots Her Stolen Car in Drive-Thru

May 17, 2013 11:52 AM EDT | By Staff Reporter

Talk about a stroke of good luck. A McDonald's worker who had her car stolen reportedly spotted the vehicle later that day in the drive-thru of the restaurant where she worked. 

Virginia Maiden of Kennewick, Washington, had left her car outside of her apartment complex when it went missing, according to local news station KEPR. Hours later she saw it in the drive-thru at her work, said Kennewick police Crime Prevention Specialist Mike Blatman.

Police arrested the driver of the SUV, 22-year-old Katherine A. York, of Kennewick, at the McDonald's on West Canal Drive. A male was also in the car with York, but he was not arrested.

The suspect attempted to order ice cream, among other items, but the quick-thinking Maiden came up with a plan. She told the woman that the ice cream machine was broken and to pull up to the next window and wait.

"Obviously, the machine wasn't broken. It was a decoy to stall them till the cops came," Guerrero said.

As Maiden had hoped, the decoy worked. She immediately called 9-1-1 and officers made it in time to arrest the suspect. Among the items in the car were  clothes allegedly stolen from JC Penney and Sears, according to the Kennewick Police Department. The woman has yet to be charged, officials said.

York was booked into the Benton County jail, reports the Tri-City Herald.

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