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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Madera County Sheriff's Office wants the public's assistance identifying a fishy progressive successful 2 ATM thefts successful the upland country of Madera County.
Deputies accidental the archetypal theft took spot connected July 17 astir 2 a.m. astatine the Bass Fork Star Valero. In this instance, the fishy utilized an concern factual saw to chopped done the metallic information cage and beforehand door.
Investigators accidental the fishy wrapped a alloy cablegram astir the ATM and attached it to a motortruck to rip the instrumentality out. The concern sustained extended harm arsenic a effect of this encounter.
The motortruck utilized successful the theft was aboriginal recovered abandoned with the ATM connected Road 222 soon aft and besides determined to person been stolen retired of Fresno County a fewer days anterior to the burglary, detectives report.
The 2nd theft that took spot was connected Aug. 2 astir 4:30 p.m. astatine the Valero state presumption ATM successful Yosemite Lakes, according to deputies. Responding units recovered the store's ATM successful the parking batch and extended harm to the beforehand doors.
Detectives study surveillance footage revealed the fishy utilizing the aforesaid process arsenic they did successful the archetypal burglary to get into the business. The witnesser who reported the country besides gave connection of a golden motortruck circling the business.
Investigators accidental the motortruck fled the country and crashed connected Yosemite Springs Parkway westbound of Highway 41; it was aboriginal determined to beryllium stolen. A witnesser reported seeing a "large-framed male" exit the motortruck and flee.
Due to the similarities successful some burglaries, deputies judge the aforesaid fishy is progressive some ATM thefts and is asking for the community's assistance successful identifying the suspect(s) progressive successful these cases.
Anyone with immoderate accusation astir either incidental is asked to interaction the Madera County Sheriff's Detective Padgett astatine 559-474-2302.
