BOSTON — Police in Boston are searching for suspects who attempted to steal an ATM.
Around 5:53 Thursday morning officers responded to the area of Talbot Ave and Southern Ave for a report of a robbery in progress.
Police say the suspects attempted to steal the ATM by means of a U-Haul truck.
The suspects fled the scene and the bank robbery task force was notified.
Brandel Davis, working nearby, thought it was a refrigerator lying in the road. A neighbor told him otherwise.
“Oh wow,” he said. “That’s amazing. It’s an ATM.”
One neighbor told Boston 25 News off-camera the theft was accompanied by a loud noise. But Billy Murphey, who lives nearby, heard nothing. He learned of the attempted theft when he saw police tape cordoning off the area.
“They pushed it all the way down to there,” he said, pointing towards Southern Avenue. “They made it out of (the bank). You can see the scrape marks all in the street over there.”
Murphey believes the plan was to load the ATM into the truck.
“The thing probably weighs six hundred pounds, I’m sure... seven hundred pounds,” he said.
While the ATM may be replaced, for now, it’s gone — inconveniencing bank customers such as Rula Allah.
“Normally I come in my car,” he said. “But now I gotta go in the bank to get the money. So it’s kinda messed up.”
No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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