LONDON, Ont.—Police are asking business owners in southwestern Ontario to evaluate the benefits of having an ATM following numerous thefts of the machines from gas stations, restaurants and convenience stores. Thieves have targeted 58 businesses in the Brant, Waterloo, Hamilton, Owen Sound and Niagara areas since January 2017, Ontario Provincial Police said Friday. The thieves usually hit sometime between midnight and 5 a.m., ramming a stolen vehicle — usually a pickup truck or SUV — through the front entrance or windows of the building, wrapping a chain around the ATM and ripping it from the business, police said. “These guys are driving these trucks right into these businesses, right through the windows — plate glass windows and doors — and it’s not hard to break glass with a truck,” said OPP Sgt. “Everybody has these machines with lots of money in them and they’re easy targets for thieves,” Rektor said.

Source: thestar April 20, 2018 18:56 UTC