Lancaster, California

From the Los Angeles Daily News of July 22, 2006

Quick-thinking bystanders aid in two arrests

Citizens helped sheriff's deputies thwart a home burglary and a carjacking in a McDonald's restaurant parking lot, putting two men behind bars, deputies said.

One man had kicked in a door in the 1100 block of East Avenue K just after noon Thursday while a companion waited as a lookout near the getaway car, but was chased away by the resident with a gun, deputies said.

While the lookout sped away in the getaway car, the burglar ran through a nearby apartment complex and across the street to a McDonald's.

There, the man ordered two patrons out of their car, telling them he had a gun and holding his hand under his shirt to simulate a hidden weapon, deputies said.

Two suspects were arrested within 90 minutes, deputies said.
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Deputies said the burglar kicked in the front door of the home after ringing the doorbell several times and getting no answer. The resident armed himself with a handgun and confronted the intruder, ordering him out of the home. The intruder ran, deputies said.