Tuesday June 19 9:33 AM ET
Taco Bell Robber Nabbed After Waiting for Chalupa
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A youthful thief on a bicycle and brandishing a toy gun held up a Taco Bell through the drive-up window but had to wait so long for a chalupa that he ended up getting caught, authorities say.The robber pedaled up to the fast food outlet's window just after midnight on Monday. Waving what appeared to be a gun, he threatened the staff and demanded money and a chalupa, a soft taco-style specialty.
But a Taco Bell worker called police, who arrived while the thief was waiting for his food. The teen-ager took off, and kept bicycling even after an officer shot him in the arm and leg. He dismounted and surrendered once a second cruiser cut him off.
The gun turned out to be a toy.
"He got the money but then waited there while his food was being prepared,'' said Fort Worth Police Lt. Duane Paul. "He never got his chalupa.''
The alleged robber was identified as 17-year-old Lakount Maddox.
It's really too bad he never got the chalupa. Then the cops could call out, "Drop the chalupa." Of course, they might have mistaken a chalupa for a gun and shot him 41 times, instead of only twice.
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