Broken ATM Foils Robbery Attempt

CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. – A broken automated teller machine refused to deliver cash and foiled a robbery, police said. Alex Kameroski, 25, of Clarks Summit, told investigators he was starting to withdraw money at an ATM in the Abington Shopping Center just before midnight Monday when a car pulled up and two men got out.

Kameroski said he felt a gun pressed into his side, and one of the men said, “Max out your card.”

As he nervously tried to withdraw money with no success, the two men got jumpy and left, Kameroski said.

South Abington Township Police Chief Robert Gerrity said Citizens Bank confirmed Tuesday that the cash machine was broken and said other customers had complained.

Gerrity said he hoped the ATM’s security camera would identify the men involved in the robbery attempt.

Police said a Dunmore man was robbed of cash he withdrew from an ATM at a convenience store earlier Monday. Officials said his assailants were reportedly unarmed and did not match the description of the two who tried to rob Kameroski, and police did not think the incidents were related.

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Information from: The Scranton Times, http://www.scrantontimes.com/