Grapevine thieves make a quick ATM withdrawal
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
An employee with JPON Glass Company use wooden boards to cover a missing panel of glass after thieves executed a smash-and-grab to steal an ATM machine early Wednesday morning. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/R. Jeena Jacob)
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GRAPEVINE -- It's not easy to steal an ATM from a convenience store while it's open and a clerk is at the counter.
But a group of brazen thieves did just that at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. They smashed a window at On The Run (Exxon) on William D. Tate Avenue, used a chain to pull the machine out, loaded it in a stolen van and drove off.
They didn't get far. Minutes later, police stopped a van matching the description of the one used in the theft.
A 24-year-old DeSoto man was arrested, and the ATM was recovered. Officers are looking for three or four others who escaped on foot.
