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VIDEO: Thieves Take Different Approach To Steal Convenience Store ATM

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Thieves have gotten away with another ATM in Dallas, this time at a convenience store in the 5400 block of South Lamar Street.

The ATM was inside the Friendly Drive-In, in east Oak Cliff.  Take a look at what happened.

The thieves made their way to the convenience store just after 4:00 a.m. Tuesday, but this time they didn't crash a truck into the store or tie a chain around the machine to steal it. Dallas police Corporal Chinh Weltman explained, "We had three hooded, masked, and gloves suspects pry the doors."

Once inside the store the men seemed to know exactly what they wanted and were prepared, with a pry bar, to get the machine loose from bolts holding it to the ground. "The three suspects entered the location and walked to the ATM, which was located in the middle of the store, and used bodily force to separate the ATM from the floor," Weltman said. "The three suspects carried the ATM out of the business and loaded it into a white cargo van and then fled the location."

The burglary is the 54th such crime that's happened in Dallas this year. Weltman said, "As of today we have had 23 ATM offenses where the suspects were successful and 31 that were unsuccessful. So far, we've had 13 arrests made this year."

Weltman said no one was injured in the burglary. Anyone with information about the crime or the suspects involved is asked to call Dallas police.

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