{"id":471958,"date":"2025-12-26T03:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T03:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471958\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T03:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T03:02:42","slug":"atm-dragged-through-storefront-in-failed-christmas-eve-robbery-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471958\/","title":{"rendered":"ATM dragged through storefront in failed Christmas Eve robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two suspects used a stolen SUV and a metal cable to drag an ATM through the glass doors of a convenience store on S. Cherry St. around 3:45 a.m. on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ATM became detached during the getaway and was abandoned on the I-30 service road,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detectives are using license plate readers and surveillance footage to identify the men, who were seen wearing black clothing and orange gloves, and are investigating links to similar recent thefts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; Police are asking for the public\u2019s help to identify two men who tried to steal an ATM on Christmas Eve by dragging it from a store with a metal cable.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Attempted ATM theft (Fort Worth police)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/68a54d84e2c8b24385a60bcafffec67c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Attempted ATM theft (Fort Worth police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What we know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident occurred around 3:45 a.m. in the 2600 block of S. Cherry St. Investigators say the suspects tied a metal cable to the machine and attached it to an SUV. While the suspects managed to pull the ATM through the store&#8217;s front glass doors, the machine became detached while they were driving away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers later found the ATM abandoned on the Interstate 30 service road between S. Cherry Lane and Las Vegas Trail.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Attempted ATM theft (Fort Worth police)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/115f75d165f3f455b888e55c554c16cc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Attempted ATM theft (Fort Worth police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Using license plate readers and surveillance technology, police located the getaway SUV less than a mile from the scene. Investigators determined the vehicle had been stolen from a Dallas apartment complex just an hour before the attempted theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detectives believe the suspects abandoned the SUV and fled on foot or were picked up by another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Local perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fort Worth investigators are now working with neighboring departments to determine if this is linked to similar convenience store thefts reported in surrounding cities over the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Help police find ATM thief suspects<img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Attempted ATM theft (Fort Worth police)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1cd7cc715b87246567c936912016ec42.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Attempted ATM theft (Fort Worth police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What they&#8217;re saying<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">White Settlement Police Chief Cook believes this crime is connected to similar incidents in DFW. Possibly even ones involving the same store owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He\u2019s been hit three times. He\u2019s got a lot of convenient stores in Dallas-Fort Worth,&#8221; said Cook. &#8220;He really feels like the same people were involved. It is always a stolen SUV, it\u2019s always two guys, and they do the same thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Of course, unbeknownst to us at the time, that vehicle was stolen about an hour before in Dallas, at an apartment complex.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ATM thefts are relatively common, but it\u2019s uncommon for bystanders to be inside a store when it happens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And we believe it was brazen also because not only is the store open, it\u2019s well lit, it\u2019s a small town. A lot of criminals know you\u2019re going to commit crimes in larger populations because a lot of those police officers are busy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chief Cook hopes someone comes forward with information that leads to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;These bad guys, they brag about something like this they tell these stories, and so we\u2019re hopeful that one of their so-called friends you know does the right thing, gives us a tip, even if it\u2019s anonymous, they\u2019re eligible for a cash reward and that might lead us to the path of getting them identified,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is a pretty serious felony like you\u2019ll go to prison.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What you can do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both suspects are described as men wearing black hooded sweatshirts, black pants, face masks, and orange gloves. One suspect wore white sneakers, while the other wore black tennis shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Geovanny Ramirez at 817-246-7070, ext. 420. Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this article comes from Fort Worth police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Two suspects used a stolen SUV and a metal cable to drag an ATM through the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":471959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,214100,214102,201263,34648,7371,26564,7372,22508,214101,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-471958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-atm-theft","10":"tag-chief-cook","11":"tag-christmas-eve","12":"tag-convenience-store","13":"tag-fort-worth","14":"tag-fort-worth-police","15":"tag-fortworth","16":"tag-license-plate-readers","17":"tag-service-road","18":"tag-texas","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\/115783647986624638","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471958","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=471958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}