Silver City police say an ATM was stolen from inside a coffee shop and then draggd down the street behind a pickup truck as the thieves left the scene.
The theft occurred at the Javalina Coffee House just before dawn Monday. That's when a man walking his dog saw what he later realized was the ATM lying on the street. When Terry Sheffield returned a short time later, he saw a truck dragging away a large metal box.
Javalina owner Pauline Hassler-Cook says the thieves broke a window and smashed open the front door, apparently to get the ATM outside.
The Silver City Sun-News reports that two people were taken into custody and that a third person was sought. Police did not immediately return a call Tuesday.
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