Re: 4 Held After Forklift Is Used to Steal ATM


millhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs7.3jul07,1,6969818.story?coll=la-headlines-california


IN BRIEF/THE STATE/LOOMIS
4 Held After Forklift Is Used to Steal ATM
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
July 7, 2006


Authorities have arrested four men on suspicion of hot-wiring a
forklift and using it to steal an ATM from the state fairgrounds in
Sacramento.

Placer County sheriff's detectives said the four transported the
3,000-pound machine in a rented pickup to the yard of a Loomis home.

They used a sledgehammer, pry bar and acetylene torch in an attempt to
crack open the machine.

The ATM had a large amount of cash, but "they never got any of it,"
Sgt. Brian Whigam said.

Detectives arrested Ronnie Lynn Wimberly, 50, and Kevin Alan Silva, 45,
who live in the home. Also arrested were visitors Fernando Isidro
Maloney, 45, and Joseph Michael Cain, 35.



They probably could have sold the stolen forklift for about as much as
was in the ATM.

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