Man uses backhoe to steal ATM in Fla.

Published: Sept. 27, 2007 at 4:09 PM
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HOMESTEAD, Fla., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Police in Homestead, Fla., are looking for a thief who stole a backhoe and used it to haul away an ATM from a Bank of America.

The ATM, which was stolen Tuesday, was believed to contain about $100,000 cash, police said.

"I've seen some crazy stuff with ATMs and all, but I haven't seen this before," police Capt. Ed Bowe told the Miami Herald.

Surveillance video from the bank caught a man in a four-door gold or tan Ford F-250 drive up to the ATM and four minutes later, a backhoe shows up, also with a man behind the wheel.

"(He) proceeds to use the backhoe to scoop up the ATM. And then the cameras go out," Bowe said.

Police said the Ford driver and the backhoe driver could be the same person.

The backhoe, which was stolen from the South Dade Busway construction site, was found still running a few blocks away, but no suspects have been arrested.


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