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    Man suspected of stealing 29 ATMs around Southern California is arrested in Riverside
    • June 19, 2023

    A Riverside man suspected of hauling away ATMs across Southern California was arrested this month, authorities said.

    Paul Kolacki, 34, was arrested on June 6 on suspicion of stealing at least 29 ATMs over several months after video surveillance captured a vehicle and license plate, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He was booked on suspicion of six counts of burglary, four counts of grand theft and six counts of vandalism.

    On January 15, two suspects stole an ATM from a business in the 300 Block of Wilkerson Avenue in Perris using a tow strap connected to a Ford Ranger truck, according to the Sheriff’s Department. The owner of the business had received a notification that it was being burglarized and went to the scene, where he said he saw the ATM loaded onto the back of the truck before the suspects fled.

    Nine similar ATM burglaries occurred in Riverside County cities including Murrieta, Menifee, Perris, Moreno Valley, Jurupa Valley and Norco, authorities said.

    Additionally, law enforcement officials believe at least 20 other ATM burglaries across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego counties were connected to the suspects, who employed the same method of using a tow strap to drag the ATMs from the businesses before loading them onto the back of a Ford truck.

    More than $6,000 from the ATM thefts was recovered during the arrest, the Sheriff’s Department said.

    No details were provided about the other suspect.

    Anyone with additional information can call Riverside Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Ramirez at 951-776-1099, or the Perris Station at 951-210-1000.

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