Baltimore 7-Eleven & Perry Hall Gas Station The Latest Targets Of ATM Thefts

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 7-Eleven successful Northeast Baltimore ransacked Wednesday morning was the latest concern targeted successful a drawstring of attempted ATM thefts crossed the region.

Police accidental suspects targeted the 7-Eleven astatine the country of Radecke and Frankford Avenues, but they were unable to get the machine.

Police accidental six unidentified antheral suspects arrived astatine the determination astir 4:25 a.m. Wednesday and ran a conveyance into the building. Officials said they tried to instrumentality the ATM, but they couldn’t get it, truthful they drove away.

“It’s similar a motortruck backed successful determination and sound the full operation disconnected connected the broadside of the store,” 1 worker of the store told WJZ.

The store was already unfastened and a idiosyncratic who arrived astir 90 minutes aft the attempted theft spoke with WJZ.

“I’m truly grateful that we are really OK, cipher got injured,” said the employee. “like I said,graveyard displacement is benignant of unsafe erstwhile it comes to working.”

The manager of the 7-Eleven said 2 of his stores person been targeted this week. He said determination was an equipped robbery astatine 1 location in Baltimore County and present there’s this attempted ATM theft. He said his main interest is for the information of his employees.

He said you can”…work hard to get your wealth back, but for the employees I don’t privation thing to hap to my employees.”

The full region, from the metropolis to astir each azygous surrounding region has experienced radical trying to bargain ATMs.

Less than 7 miles from the northeast Baltimore location, Baltimore County constabulary said thieves utilized the aforesaid maneuver erstwhile they slammed into a Shell state presumption disconnected Bel Air Road, past drove disconnected with the ATM.

WJZ contacted instrumentality enforcement successful some jurisdictions to spot if the latest crimes involving ATMs are connected.

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An authoritative with Baltimore metropolis constabulary said, “We won’t talk to the specifics of immoderate ongoing investigation. However, the BPD has been moving connected a regular basis, with each our surrounding agencies arsenic it pertains to ATM theft and attempted theft investigations.”