Armed robber steals cash register from McDonald's drive thru in Philadelphia's Kensington

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An armed robber stole an entire cash register from a McDonald's drive-thru in Philadelphia's Kensington section early Thursday morning.

Police say happened at 2:30 a.m. in the 200 block of West Lehigh Avenue in Kensington.

The thief pointed a gun at an employee and demanded they hand over the machine, which had a thousand dollars in it.

The suspect then drove away in an older model white minivan.

The worker was not physically hurt.

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