Plainfield, CT – Two men fled from State Police after tampering with a rest stop ATM Tuesday morning. They left behind approximately $52,000 in cash.
According to the Connecticut State Police (CSP), at approximately 11:11 AM on Tuesday, August 5th, 2024, Troop D Troopers responded to the I-395 Northbound rest area for reports of a man looking into vehicles and tampering with an ATM.
When Troopers arrived, they witnessed a man run across I-395 to the Southbound rest area where a black BMW SUV with Pennsylvania plates was waiting. Troopers caught up to the vehicle and observed a backpack thrown from the vehicle. The operator refused to stop the vehicle and Troopers did not pursue it as it continued South at high speeds. When the backpack was recovered, Troopers discovered approximately $52,000 in $20 bills, a mobile hotspot, and an iPhone.
Troopers acquired surveillance footage from earlier in the day which showed the same BMW SUV drive by the plaza occupied by at least two people.
The video later showed two white men, possibly the same individuals dressed differently, enter the Exxon Mobile Gas Station store in the Northbound rest area. One man, dressed in a black long-sleeve shirt and tan pants, used an electronic device to remove money from a Citibank ATM. The second man was dressed in a white Nike short-sleeve shirt and tan pants. Both men also wore white shoes, black hats, sunglasses, and a tan “fanny pack” waist bag.
The Connecticut State Police are asking anyone with information on these men’s identities or whereabouts of them or the vehicle is asked to contact Detective Patrick O’Brien, Eastern District Major Crime Squad at (860) 896-3233 or by email at Patrick.J.Obrien@ct.gov. All information received can remain anonymous, reference case #2400296812.
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