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Hey, Where Are You Going... With That Entire ATM Machine?

Burglars have reportedly been targeting ATMs and stealing entire machines from outside of businesses on the Westside and Midtown in what the LA Times is calling "a mini-crime wave."
A series of burglaries, from Venice to the Wilshire District, began in April, Los Angeles police say. Two suspects pried open a number of machines to steal cash, occasionally making off with the whole device via a white pickup truck, according to authorities.