LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLA. (WSVN) - Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are asking for the public’s help in identifying a crook who attempted to rob a woman at a drive-thru ATM in Lauderdale Lakes.
Surveillance footage from the ATM shows the victim and a passenger in the vehicle pulling up to the SunTrust Bank at 3649 W. Oakland Park Blvd. at around 9:15 p.m. on April 24.
She was about to use the machine to make a deposit when her friend noticed a man sitting on a nearby curb.
The subject then approached the driver’s side window, pointed a gun at her and demanded she put her bank PIN number into the ATM to withdraw cash.
“He walked up from the front of the car, stands right here with a gun pointed at me,” the victim said. “The gentleman was right next to my window with a gun in my face. He just told me to put my PIN in the machine. Even though I told him I didn’t have any money, he still told me to put my PIN in the machine. I was waiting for the card to come out.”
The victim immediately fled the scene in her vehicle.
“I sped off,” she said. “I didn’t think twice. I was thinking of saving my kid’s life. I didn’t think about anything else. I just sped off.”
She, nor any of the passengers inside the vehicle, were injured.
The surveillance video showed the man come closer, as he tried to use her card, which had just popped out of the ATM.
“If he had come up to me and said, ‘Ma’am, can I please have $10?’ I wouldn’t think twice to give it to him because I know life is hard at the moment,” she said. “You don’t have to hurt somebody else just for you to get what you want. Life is not about hurting people.”
If you have any information on this attempted robbery, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $3,000 reward.
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