Employees in fear of fast food bandit

LUDLOW / PALMER, Mass. (WWLP) - A 28-year-old Brockton man tried to use a fast food drive-thru more like a walk-up A-T-M.

The man, identified as Jason Delaney, is still at large and the drive-thru employees at the Palmer McDonalds, and Wendy's are terrified that the fast-food banditi with a craving for cash, may strike again.

It all started at 11:26pm on Saturday night.

McDonald's employee Amie Guillette says, "All I knew was that he came to the window with a knife and asked her to give him the money."

Thanks to a clear McDonald's surveillance photo and witness information, Palmer Police are now on the hunt for 28-year old Jason Delaney. He's facing 2 counts of armed assault with a dangerous weapon and 2 counts of attempted armed robbery.

Palmer Police Sgt. Christopher Burns says, "He tried to get through the window to get some money from the clerk, but another clerk intervened, pushed that clerk out of the way. At that point in time, the suspect opted to leave."

Sgt. Burns says the suspect first approached the McDonald's food window, then walked across to the Wendy's drive-thru, and back to the McDonald's cash window to make his move.

Worker Amie Guillette says the first time the suspect approached the window, employees thought the man was a customer who had forgotten food.

But the second time, it became very clear what he was looking for. Guillette told 22News, "I was just in the lobby and I heard them screaming."

Palmer Police are now working with Ludlow Police to bring the suspect in. Right after the attempted fast food robberies, Delaney allegedly held up O'Connell's Convenience Store on Center street in Ludlow.

Delaney is described as 155 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Police say he may be in a Blue 2001 Chevy Impala.

If you have any information about the suspect, you're asked to call Palmer Police at 413-283-8792.