ATM Bandits Burned by Ineptitude

SAN DIEGO – A team of robbers set accidentally set fire to a Navy FCU ATM when they were using a blow torch to break into it early one morning last week, setting some of the cash ablaze.

Processing Content

The suspects broke into an adjacent business, cut a hole through the wall to get into the room with the ATM, then used a blowtorch to get into the cash machine, police said.

A fire alarm alerted deputies to the scene, but the culprits had fled.


For reprint and licensing requests for this article, click here.
MORE FROM AMERICAN BANKER
Load More