Media report two men stole an ATM from the wall outside of a New York City bodega in what some fear is a growing trend.
Media say about suspects that they loaded the ATM into a vehicle with New Jersey license plates. Expectedly, they were explored early Friday morning as they were in the middle of prying the ATM free outside of the Yankee Deli on Avenue C in the East Village, ABC 7 reported the news.
The driver pulled down most of the bodega wall along with the ATM as he tried to pull it free.
Deli owner Jose Collado said, “I can’t believe that happened to my store because the neighborhood is quiet here, and it’s crazy”. “I’m very angry when I see that, because before the city was good, but now the city is crazy, there’s not a lot of police in the street.”
The suspects carried out their plan at around 4:30 a.m., but there were still plenty of witnesses despite the early hour.
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Fernando Mateo of the United Bodegas of America told the New York Post that the industry is seeing an increase in similar ATM thefts. Fernando Mateo described the crime as something ‘out of a movie script’.