Video: Stolen Telehandler Used to Steal ATM

Apparently professional thieves in the Atlanta area have been using stolen trucks and heavy equipment to steal ATM machines. According to OnlineAthens.com, local police claim, “The heists appear to be the work of a group of professional thieves who target banks near construction sites, where they steal forklifts and use them to rip the money machines from the ground and hoist them onto the beds of stolen pickup trucks.” There have been many other similar burglaries since December 2007 in the area.

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/072509/new_470686900.shtml

You would think an ATM machine would put up more of a fight. I know telehandlers are powerful, but they plucked that ATM up like it was nothing.