ST. GEORGE — An unsuccessful attempt to steal an ATM from a bank in Hurricane early Saturday morning has police pursuing multiple leads.
Around 4:15 a.m., several suspects attempted to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank on the corner of State and Main streets in Hurricane, according to the Hurricane City Police Department.
The suspects used a truck, trailer and heavy equipment they had stolen earlier that night in their failed attempt to remove the ATM. The attempted theft resulted in several thousand dollars worth of damage to the machine and a part of the bank.
Unable to remove the ATM, the suspects fled the scene and crashed the truck a short distance from the bank. The suspects were unable to be located despite several K-9 officers searching the area.
The stolen equipment was returned to the owners, according to the Hurricane City Police. The investigation is ongoing.
The area around the back remained closed off by police tape around noon. For a short while, personnel from the Brinks security company were also on scene inspecting the damage to the ATM.
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Hurricane City Police are investigating a failed attempt to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank that left the ATM and bank damaged, Hurricane, Utah, Feb. 8, 2020 | File photo courtesy of the Hurricane City Police Department, St. George News
Hurricane City Police are investigating a failed attempt to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank that left the ATM and bank damaged, Hurricane, Utah, Feb. 8, 2020 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Hurricane City Police are investigating a failed attempt to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank that left the ATM and bank damaged, Hurricane, Utah, Feb. 8, 2020 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Hurricane City Police are investigating a failed attempt to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank that left the ATM and bank damaged, Hurricane, Utah, Feb. 8, 2020 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Hurricane City Police are investigating a failed attempt to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank that left the ATM and bank damaged, Hurricane, Utah, Feb. 8, 2020 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Hurricane City Police are investigating a failed attempt to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank that left the ATM and bank damaged, Hurricane, Utah, Feb. 8, 2020 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Hurricane City Police are investigating a failed attempt to steal an ATM from the Wells Fargo Bank that left the ATM and bank damaged, Hurricane, Utah, Feb. 8, 2020 | File photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
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Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.