WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Police are investigating two similar burglaries at West Hartford gas stations Friday morning.
Officers responded to investigate a burglary at the Shell Gas Station on Park Road. The front door suffered damage and the ATM was stolen.
After checking the nearby area, police found damage to the Shell Gas Station on Prospect Avenue. The ATM was stolen from this gas station too.
Surveillance video from Park Rd. Shell Station shows the moments the ATM is pulled through the door. A red pickup also caught on the surveillance video, as well as multiple people breaking into the gas station.
“Three hooded guys with the mask and hoodies, couldn't even see anything but their eyes,” said Dino Doumani, owner of the gas station. “They broke the door, they had a big chain they surround it to the ATM and they just pulled it with the truck,” he said.
He said the whole thing happened in a matter of minutes.
“It took two minutes. From the time they come into the place, to the time they left, it was barely two minutes,” he said.
The Greater Hartford region has experienced a string of burglaries all involving ATMs being stolen from gas stations.
Earlier this month, gas stations in South Windsor and East Windsor both had their ATMs stolen.
South Windsor Police told FOX61 they believed the two incidents are connected since the method used in stealing the ATM's were the same which is tying a cable around the machine and dragging them out through the doors with a vehicle.
Windsor Locks police are also investigating a similar type of incident Friday morning. Police say a chain was attached to a truck to rip off the front door but it is unclear if anything was stolen.
West Hartford police say they are working with the police department to investigate the burglaries.
It is unclear at this time if the burglaries are related.
Anyone with information regarding the West Hartford burglaries is asked to call West Hartford police at 860-523-5203.
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