Cops: McDonald's manager robs own restaurant

(09-10) 23:08 PDT PLEASANTON -- A manager at a McDonald's restaurant in Pleasanton did a takeover robbery at his own restaurant - ushering workers into a freezer at gunpoint - but was nabbed five days later after pulling a similar heist at a McDonald's in San Mateo, authorities said Tuesday.

Police said Felix Gonzalez-Becerra, a 42-year-old Oakland resident, was arrested Sept. 2 after driving away from the San Mateo restaurant, where he had donned a hoodie and used a replica handgun to force an employee to open the safe and hand over an undisclosed amount of cash.

Investigators then tied Gonzalez-Becerra, who is being held at the San Mateo County Jail, to a similar robbery Aug. 28 in Pleasanton. In that case, he allegedly climbed through the drive-through window in the early morning before confronting workers in a mask.

In both cases, employees were herded into freezers, but no one was hurt.