{"id":270354,"date":"2025-10-01T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/270354\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:00:11","slug":"atm-robberies-surge-in-san-antonio-police-investigate-44-cases-in-four-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/270354\/","title":{"rendered":"ATM robberies surge in San Antonio, police investigate 44 cases in four months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; San Antonio is witnessing a troubling rise in ATM robberies, with at least 44 incidents reported across the city in the past four months, according to the San Antonio Police Department. <\/p>\n<p>The latest robbery occurred yesterday at a Bank of America on North 281, where an employee servicing the machine was pushed by a man who then fled with three accomplices after stealing the money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/atm-robbery-on-the-north-side\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/atm-robbery-on-the-north-side\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">Mysterious &#8216;loud sound&#8217; triggers investigation at North Side ATM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The alarming trend saw three incidents in September and four in August, all involving attacks on employees. <\/p>\n<p>When asked about potential connections between the crimes, SAPD stated, &#8220;Each incident is investigated separately. If during the investigation, evidence shows that the cases may be related, then investigators will investigate as such.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/san-antonio-sees-surge-in-atm-thefts-as-business-owners-grapple-with-crime-wave-thief-local-daily#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/san-antonio-sees-surge-in-atm-thefts-as-business-owners-grapple-with-crime-wave-thief-local-daily#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">San Antonio sees surge in ATM thefts as business owners grapple with crime wave<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The police suggested that the availability of ATMs might be contributing to the spike in cases. <\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/two-suspects-in-custody-after-atm-machine-worker-robbed-on-south-side-sapd-police-firearm-money-jugging#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/two-suspects-in-custody-after-atm-machine-worker-robbed-on-south-side-sapd-police-firearm-money-jugging#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">Two suspects in custody after ATM machine worker robbed on South Side<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thefts, burglaries, and even robberies are crimes of opportunity. Criminals look for moments of opportunity to commit these types of crimes, which can occur in minutes,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/robbery-suspects-on-the-run-after-targeting-atm-at-south-side-shopping-center-sapd-police-cash-theft-investigation#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/robbery-suspects-on-the-run-after-targeting-atm-at-south-side-shopping-center-sapd-police-cash-theft-investigation#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">Suspects wanted in South Side ATM heist may be connected to similar robbery, police say<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SAPD advises employees and citizens using or near ATMs to remain vigilant and avoid withdrawing cash at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; San Antonio is witnessing a troubling rise in ATM robberies, with at least 44 incidents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":270355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,140535,140537,7988,140536,5022,7207,7202,7203,358,66274,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-270354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-atm-robberies","10":"tag-criminals","11":"tag-employees","12":"tag-incidents","13":"tag-investigation","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-san-antonio","16":"tag-sanantonio","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-thefts","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115301399670864270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}