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Two men who allegedly robbed a Burger King outlet were caught by police after leaving the restaurant and finding their getaway car had disappeared.
Police said Jeremy Lovitt, 23, and Gabriel Gonzales, 19, held two employees at the Burger King in Stockton, California, at gunpoint and demanded they hand over the restaurant's cash, Fox 40 reported.
However, during the robbery, another worker slipped out the back of the store and found an empty car with its engine running and the keys in the ignition.
Realising it must have been the robbers' getaway car, the employee drove off and hid the vehicle around the corner.
Lovitt and Gonzales then tried to run away, but were quickly caught by police, authorities said.
Lovitt was charged with felony robbery and is being held in the San Joaquin County Jail on $150,000 (£99,768) bail, police records showed.
Gonzales is being held without bail on the robbery charges and several other outstanding warrants, including a misdemeanour charge of receiving stolen property.
They are both due to appear in court shortly.
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