'Hamburglar' steals burgers from McDonalds drive-through customer

Augusta, Maine -- a man dressed like the McDonaldland character The Hamburglar snuck through a drive-through line and stole a bag of food as it was being passed out the window to a customer.

Police report that a teenage boy was dressed in clothes that resembled the former McDonald’s advertising character when he ran between a car and the building to snag the food right as an employee opened the window to hand it to the customer.

The theft occured at about 6 p.m. March 25.

A witness flagged down a police officer who was exiting a nearby convience store. The officer found the man in an Arby’s parking lot a few doors down eating the evidence.

The man fled into the woods while yelling obscenities at the police .

The man remains on the lam.