Silent Alarm Foils Would-Be ATMThieves

MORAINE, Ohio - (12/02/04) -- Two men were arrested here lateTuesday night after they pried off the back of a Heartland FCU ATMand were preparing to break into the machine's cash vault. The twowould-be thieves were discovered by a private security officer whocalled police after a silent alarm went off at the ATM. Policefound tools for the job in the thieves truck and important piecesof the back of the ATM in one of the suspect's pocket. The suspectswere identified as Eric O'Connor, 27, and Jason Akemon,26.

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