OAKLAND — Three men were arrested Sunday after a pair of ATM heists from an East Oakland corridor that’s gained notoriety of late for business closings blamed on rampant break-ins and robberies.
The men were jailed after authorities say they used vehicles to drag the ATMs out of a bank and a credit union before dawn Sunday along Hegenberger Road.
The first ATM was seen being pulled by a vehicle at about 6:40 a.m. from Providence Credit Union, 8801 Edgewater Drive, according to Oakland police. The second was seen being dragged a short time later from a Bank of America building less than a mile away, at 333 Hegenberger Road.
Both banks were located in an area between the Oakland International Airport and Interstate 880 that’s been plagued by businesses leaving due to crime. The most recent of which was the city’s only In-N-Out, which cited car break-ins and armed robberies in recently announcing plans to close its doors in March.
Oakland police tracked the ATMs to the 4000 block of Alameda Avenue near High Street, about three miles from the bank and credit union.
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