Crime & Safety
Burglars Withdraw ATM Out Of Bed-Stuy Building: Video
Two men hauled away an ATM with $1,000 inside from a Marcus Garvey Boulevard building to "parts unknown," NYPD said in a release.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Two burglars took a $1,000 withdrawal from a Bed-Stuy ATM — in fact, they took the whole machine to go as well, police said.
The men walked into 193 Marcus Garvey Boulevard early Feb. 3, video released by NYPD shows. They go behind a curtain and — voila — emerged with a whole ATM, the video shows.
The men dragged the machine, which contained $1,000, outside, authorities said. They then put it in a vehicle and hauled it off to "parts unknown," NYPD stated in a release.
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It's not the only ATM-related burglary police suspect the men tried to pull off that Feb. 3 morning.
Two men unsuccessfully tried to boost an ATM from 127 Grand St. in Williamsburg, near Berry Street, police said. That failed withdrawal took place at 5 a.m. — one hour later, the burglars were more successful with their Marcus Garvey Boulevard caper, authorities said.
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