SAN ANTONIO — A theft near downtown was thwarted by police Monday morning.
Police say the store window was smashed at the 7-Eleven on the 1300 block of W Hildebrand near I-10 around 6:13 a.m., then a chain was wrapped around the ATM and it was dragged out of the store, then put inside a truck.
The four men were all wearing black, according to police.
Initially, one of the men walked inside the store and walked towards the cash machine. A second man reportedly smashed the front window from the outside and began to wrap a chain around the ATM, with help from the man inside the store.
A third man then attached the chain to a truck parked outside. A fourth man drove away in the truck, yanking the ATM a few feet before exiting his truck and putting the ATM inside it.
Police say the men took off but they have since recovered the ATM and possibly have at least one person detained so far.
Police arrested Joseph Turner, 29, on charges of theft of an ATM. He was released on a $50,000 bond and is now on house arrest with a GPS monitor, according to online records.
This is a developing story.
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