Someone(s) stole a front-end loader and pickup truck from the Fairfax town garage and used them to remove an ATM machine at 3 AM this morning, June 26.
At 3:03 AM state police were notified of an alarm at the Union Bank located at 9 Ramsey Rd in Fairfax. Troopers found the outdoor ATM had been removed forcibly by a piece of heavy machinery.
They found the ATM along with a front-end loader just down the road from the bank on RT 128. The front-end loader belonged to the Fairfax Town Highway Department and notification to them also revealed that a white pickup truck as well as the front-end loader were both stolen from the town garage before the commission of the attempted ATM theft.
The white pickup truck was later located on Swamp Rd near Wilkins Brook. No damage was done to either the white pickup or the front-end loader. Significant damage was done to the ATM and the exterior to the bank property. The Vermont State Police are asking for public assistance in identifying the individual/s involved. Please call the St. Albans State Police Barracks at 802-524-5993.
Mustang crashes into pond
State Police are seeking information after a 1996 Ford Mustang crashed into a pond on Vermont Route 100 in Lowell this morning, with the driver fleeing the scene on foot.
At about 11:58 a.m., Vermont State Police, Lowell Fire Department, and Orleans EMS responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash near 874 VT Route 100, close to Stephenson Road. Upon arrival, responders found a 1996 Ford Mustang completely submerged in a pond off the roadway.
Investigation revealed that the unknown driver, traveling north on VT Route 100, lost control of the vehicle, left the roadway, and crashed into the pond. The driver, who was reportedly the sole occupant, managed to exit the vehicle unharmed and fled on foot in an unknown direction.
The Vermont State Police are urging anyone with information that may help identify the driver to contact the Derby Barracks at 802-334-8881.
As the investigation continues, authorities are working to determine the cause of the crash and locate the driver. – Newport Dispatch
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The damage to or theft of an ATM machine ought to be treated as a bank robbery and prosecuted by the federal courts…
Stealing an ATM, sounds like the Federal government should be involved, but you have to give to these thieves, for ingenuity two stolen vehicles a front loader and a pickup truck……………… I guess wasn’t there first time !!!
Times are tough financially in Vermont, this won’t be the only incident.
Talk about adding insult to injury…town equipment to rob a bank machine!
Could the perp be sending a message by killing 2 birds with one stone…i.e. high taxes,town equipment,rob bank machine, to pay taxes?
Wouldn’t suprise me…over tax,ove regulation equals…snap?
Given the way Vermont taxes are going I can see a necessity defense being claimed at trial.