Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby says the ATM at Sabine State Bank in Burkeville has been damaged in another attempted theft. Burby says the latest incident occurred at about 5:30 Sunday morning.
Burby said deputies responded to a report of an alarm at the bank, located on Highway 63, and arrived to find the suspects already gone and the ATM heavily damaged. However, the sheriff said the suspects were unable to get any cash out of it.
Burby said a short time later a 2001 Ford F-250 pickup truck, which was reported stolen in Harris County, was found abandoned in Newton on Highway 87, just south of the Highway 87 and 190 intersection. Burby said the engine was running, but there was no key in the ignition, indicating that it had been hot-wired.
Burby said it’s possible that the truck was involved in the crime in Burkeville.
Other crimes at Sabine State Bank in Burkeville:
Sun, May 2nd, 2021
CRIME – Attempted and failed theft of Sabine State Bank ATM
RESULT – Two suspects captured and charged
Thu, Mar 4th, 2021
CRIME – Attempted and failed theft of Sabine State Bank ATM
RESULT – Crime remains unsolved
Fri, June 12th, 2020
CRIME – Attempted and failed theft of Sabine State Bank ATM
RESULT – Two suspects captured and charged
Wed, June 25th, 2014
CRIME - Armed Robbery of Sabine State Bank, Manager Trudy Woods stabbed
RESULT – Four suspects captured and charged
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