Crime & Safety
Video: ATM Bandits Bombard Bushwick, Cops Say
A trio of cash machine thieves has struck at least three Bushwick businesses in the past two months, police said.
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — ATM Bandits are striking small businesses across Brooklyn and Queens, according to police.
Three cash machine thieves were caught lugging an enormous ATM out of a laundromat on Knickerbocker Avenue and Troutman Street about 4 a.m. Sept. 19, police said.
Video shows the trio dragging the ATM over the concrete and into the back of an SUV, as well as two other thefts in Bushwick, according to police.
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The ATM burglars have hit at least nine businesses during a spree that began in Bushwick the night of Sept. 6, when they broke into a Wilson Avenue bodega cash register, police said.
Cops say the criminals have made off with more than $8,000 cash.
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