Thieves use forklift to rip ATM from ground in Florida

Authorities say the incident happened at the Bank of America overnight located along East 10th Avenue and Ninth Street in Hialeah
The suspects used a forklift to yank out the ATM, and when officers arrived to the scene they found the engine still running on the large machine
Police used a tracking device in the machine and located it in the area at 5th Street and SE 10th Avenue
No arrests have been made, but police believe that at least two people were involved in the heist
Authorities have not said how much money was in the ATM when it was stolen

By Regina F. Graham For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:45 BST, 22 August 2017 | Updated: 17:34 BST, 22 August 2017

Thieves in Florida used an industrial-sized forklift to rip out an ATM from the ground at a bank’s drive-thru late Monday.

Authorities say the incident happened at the Bank of America overnight located along East 10th Avenue and Ninth Street in Hialeah.

The suspects used a forklift to yank out the ATM, and when officers arrived to the scene they found the engine still running on the large machine, WSVN reported.

Thieves in Florida used a forklift (above) to rip out an ATM from the ground at a bank’s drive-thru late Monday

Authorities say the incident happened at the Bank of America overnight located along East 10th Avenue and Ninth Street in Hialeah (crime scene above)

Police used a tracking device in the machine and located it in the area at 5th Street and SE 10th Avenue, CBS Miami reported.

The forklift appears to have been stolen from just a couple hundred feet away where a nearby McDonald’s has been undergoing renovations.

The fast food restaurant’s surveillance cameras were not in operation at the time because of the construction.

Investigators from the Hialeah Police Department and Miami-Dade police processed the scene for evidence.

The suspects used a forklift to yank out the ATM, and when officers arrived to the scene they found the engine still running on the large machine (crime scene above)

No arrests have been made, but police believe that at least two people were involved in the heist.

Authorities have not said how much money was in the ATM when it was stolen.

The Bank of America opened again on Tuesday morning, NBC Miami reported.

The drive thru area remains closed as officials continue to clean up the damage.

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-8477.