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Prolific ATM thieves strike again in Ill.

June 2, 2004

WILLIAMSFIELD, Ill. - An ATM bandit or bandits appear to still be on the loose in west-central Illinois,  where authorities are investigating yet another theft.

According to an Associated Press report, an ATM theft on May 31 was the 27th reported since October in Knox, Mercer, Henry, Peoria, Fulton and McDonough counties.

(See related stories Ram raid thefts in Ill. appear to be linked and Ill. ATM thieves getting bolder)

The Knox County Sheriff's Department said an alarm was set off at the Travelers Mart in Williamsfield. Deputies found the business' door off its hinges and its ATM ripped from the floor where it was attached with bolts.

A sheriff's deputy later discovered a stolen pick-up truck abandoned along a Knox County highway that appeared to have parts of an ATM inside it, but its safe was ripped out.

No arrests have been made in the thefts, according to the AP.