Posted on 12/24/24
| News Source: FOX45
Someone used a large piece of construction equipment to steal a drive-through ATM from a Wells Fargo Bank in Northeast Baltimore on Sunday.
Officers on patrol in the northeastern part of the city were sent to the Parkside Shopping Center in the 5000 block of Sinclair Lane to investigate the theft of an ATM around 6:35 a.m., police said.
Once they arrived at the shopping center, they noticed that the bank's drive-through ATM was missing, according to authorities.
Police spokesman Vernon Davis said whoever took the ATM used a Bobcat skid-steer to rip it out of the concrete.
Skid-steer loaders weigh thousands of pounds. People typically use them to lift heavy materials and assist them with landscaping projects.
But on Sunday morning, someone—possibly multiple people—used that construction equipment to damage several barrier columns and knock of the bank's money machine, Davis said.
Then, the suspects loaded ATM onto a trailer that was attached to a U-Haul box truck and fled the area, according to authorities.
Police said they left the Bobcat skid-steer behind.