Baltimore County Police Investigating Series Of Attempted ATM Thefts

COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are investigating a bid of attempted ATM thefts. The latest 1 happened aboriginal Tuesday morning.

Baltimore County Police are looking into whether each of the cases are related. Three suspects

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There person been 4 ATMs targeted successful Baltimore County successful the past 10 days.

“How are you going to unfastened it up?” Middle River nonmigratory Freddie Bullock asked. “How are you going to get the wealth out? Unless you got dynamite.”

Just aft midnight connected Tuesday, 1 was ripped from the partition of the WesBanco Banking Center successful Cockeysville. The suspects were not successful.

“There is simply a batch of postulation close here, done York Road and particularly Scott Adam [Road],” Cockeysville nonmigratory Ashley Galden said. “There’s a batch of communities here. So, it’s precise interesting.”

Baltimore County Police said officers noticed 3 suspects attempting to bargain the ATM. The suspects ran. One of them was arrested.

“Craziness,” Bullock said. “People are getting ridiculous retired here–stealing ATMs, robbing banks, robbing you. It’s not harmless retired here. You’ve got to beryllium careful.”

This is conscionable the latest ATM targeted successful our area, determination were 2 deed successful the region past week and a 3rd connected Oct 9.

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Baltimore City has dealing with the aforesaid contented implicit the past mates months, 1 was targeted determination past week.

In immoderate cases, the suspects got distant with the machine.

Baltimore County Police said astatine slightest 7 ATMs person been stolen this year, down from 37 stolen past year. We asked constabulary if these cases are connected.

“That’s surely thing that our detectives are investigating, but arsenic acold arsenic making immoderate transportation astatine this point, we’re not determination yet,” Baltimore County Police Director of Public Affairs Joy Stewart said.

Police person been offering information surveys for businesses to assistance forestall them from being targeted.

A pistillate who owns a concern adjacent wherever the latest attempted theft happened is concerned.

“Next to us, like, virtually adjacent to us, and it conscionable truly disquieted me. And then, Should I enactment here? Should I permission successful the future?” said Shala Barfar, proprietor of Shala’s Holistic Wellness.

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Police are searching for the 2 different suspects they judge were progressive with the attempted theft present past night.

Jessica Albert