Watch: Thieves drag ATM through Texas convenience store in Christmas Eve theft attempt

Thieves attempted to bargain an ATM connected Christmas Eve by dragging it done the beforehand of a Texas convenience store with a stolen SUV and a metallic cable, but the instrumentality broke escaped arsenic they fled, constabulary said.

The White Settlement Police Department posted footage of 2 suspects towing an ATM done the beforehand solid doors of a 7-Eleven successful Fort Worth earlier driving away.

The failed heist happened conscionable earlier 4 a.m. Wednesday and whitethorn beryllium connected to a drawstring of akin convenience store crimes reported crossed North Texas successful caller weeks, constabulary said.

Investigators are asking for the public’s assistance identifying the suspects arsenic they effort to find whether the incidental is portion of a broader transgression pattern.

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Thieves effort to bargain an ATM from a Fort Worth state presumption Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (Fort Worth Police)

White Settlement constabulary said successful a connection that 2 men traveled to the store parking batch successful the stolen SUV wearing dark-colored covering with their faces covered.

One of the men smashed the beforehand doorway with a metallic entity and attached a cablegram to the ATM that was already hooked to the vehicle, investigators said.

Officers recovered extended harm to the storefront, with debris, shelving and merchandise scattered passim the store and into the parking lot.

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Two men attempted to bargain an ATM from a state presumption successful Fort Worth, Texas, by dragging it done the window. (Fort Worth Police Department)

Police said it took 2 attempts for the thieves to get the ATM retired of the store.

The ATM was dislodged from the conveyance arsenic the suspects fled and was aboriginal recovered by police.

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Two thieves attempted to bargain an ATM connected Christmas Eve by towing it done the beforehand of a Texas convenience store with an SUV, but the instrumentality broke escaped arsenic they fled, constabulary said. (Fort Worth Police)

The achromatic SUV had been stolen successful Dallas, investigators added.

Police utilized licence sheet readers and metropolis cameras passim the metropolis to effort and find it astir a half-mile from the store.