Thieves Use Backhoe In Attempted Bank Heist

[Kadie]

Thieves Use Backhoe In Attempted Bank Heist
March 21, 2011 9:12 AM



Sacramento (CBS13) – Sacramento Police are investigating an attempted bank heist where the thieves used a backhoe to try and rip out an automatic teller machine.

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They arrived to find an abandoned backhoe still in front of the bank and a heavily damaged ATM machine.

Despite the heavy equipment, the thieves could not remove the money machine.

more...
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/03/21/thieves-use-backhoe-in-attempted-bank-heist/

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Thieves tried a similar tactic in Bella Vista, Arkansas

They were able to remove the ATM machine with a front-end loader, but they couldn't get into the machine itself so they abandoned it

http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/22812774.html

[MineralMan]

2. Tweakers, perhaps?

Borrowed a backhoe to get money to put more stuff in their bodies. Didn't work, so they wandered off, muttering to themselves...

[Marblehead]

3. they will go broke

leaving their backhoes around

[Motown_Johnny]

6. maybe they just "borrowed" it from somewhere nearby

[damntexdem]

4. Wouldn't that make it a bankhoe?

;-)

[Motown_Johnny]

5. I was about to make a "bankhoe" joke

but then I thought better of it.