'This is something new': robbers stole an ATM from a cafe in downtown New York

Recently, similar incidents have been repeated in New York more and more often. Industry workers urge the authorities to answer the question, what is happening in the city? The edition writes about it New York Post.

Early on Friday morning, August 14, unidentified assailants stole an ATM located at Yankee Deli & Grocery on C Avenue near East 11th Street. “We are robbed, killed, attacked, but this is something new,” says Jose Dario Collado, owner of the establishment.

The camera captured two men as they pulled out an ATM machine. On that Friday morning, according to the videos, it was like this: one of the criminals, whose face is hidden by a hood, attached a chain to an ATM while his accomplice in red trousers and a dark T-shirt waited outside a white van with the rear doors open. It was with the help of the chain attached to the car that the criminals pulled out the ATM.

How much cash was in the ATM at the time of the crime is unknown. But the shopkeeper talks about "damages in the thousands of dollars." “Who will pay me? Town? Mayor? Small Business Administration? Asked Collado. "I need answers."

On the subject: In the center of New York, a serial robber is operating, appropriating more than $ 100 000.

The New York police did not release data on how many similar crimes have been committed in the city recently. However, Fernando Mateo of United Bodegas Of America (UBA) said the industry is increasingly facing similar incidents. “We've never seen anything like it before,” he said. "It's like a scene from a movie, they must have seen it on TV."

Mateo added that he is scared to watch what people do and how they get away with it. “There are no cops anywhere, New York is not sufficiently protected. People no longer respect police officers, which is very sad, ”he said.

UBA President Radames Rodriguez said the crime wave is "devastating" for store owners and employees. He called for "law and order" and arrests. “We have had enough, the mayor must answer the question, what is happening in the city? Rodriguez said, adding that many are "afraid to go to work." “Our streets are no longer safe,” summed up Rodriguez.

And while industry workers say they haven’t encountered such looting before, we’ve already heard about robbers taking ATMs in New York. We wrote earlier... At the end of 2019, criminals carried out at least 9 such attacks, stealing thousands of dollars.