Thief and/or Thieves Break Into ATM Machine Outside A Belmont Shore Business (5300 block E. 2nd St.); LBPD Says Video Evidence Is Being Collected And Investigation Is Ongoing

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(April 29, 2015) -- A thief and/or thieves broke into an ATM machine outside a Belmont Shore business before dawn today (April 29) and made off with an unknown amount of currency.

LBPD Public Information Officer Nancy Pratt) confirms that an ATM machine outside a business in the 5300 block of E. 2nd St. was broken into. The Belmont Shore Business Association has separately identified the business in an emailed alert this afternoon (April 29) as Riley's Pub and Grill.

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BSBA says the ATM break-in occurred at about 3:30 a.m. LBPD PIO Nancy Pratt says officers responded at about 5:00 a.m. to check onthe location and saw that a freestanding ATM machine on the outside of the business had been broken into.

LBPD says the machine is independently owned and initially, no ownership information could be found on the machine.

The amount of currency taken is currently unknown. LBPD says video evidence is being collected from the business

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LBPD asks anyone with information about what took place to contact its Burglary Detail at (562) 570-7351. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org