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Three Houston-area men charged with attempted ATM theft in Wisconsin

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Three Texas men are now charged in a botched ATM robbery in the town of Brookfield on Wednesday that police are investigating as possibly linked to a national crime trend. Town of Brookfield Police were dispatched early Wednesday morning after an alarm was triggered at an ATM in the Town of Brookfield. Landmark Credit Union drive-thru lanes on Bluemound Road in Janacek. Waukesha County prosecutors say three foreign men with a stolen van attached a strap to the ATM to try to open it. But Brookfield City Police arrived within seconds. The ATM is half a block from the police department. Two of the men, Tydarian Curry, 25, and Aaron Rubins, 36, were arrested nearby. According to the complaint, Rubin told police, “You can see how stupid we were, the police station right around the corner.” » A third suspect, John Mouton, 25, was arrested an hour later and made his first court appearance Friday. All three men are from the Houston area. “Hanging an ATM to the back of a truck is what we consider a serious crime,” said Waukesha County Court Commissioner David Herring. This crime is similar to several recent thefts or attempted thefts of ATMs in the Milwaukee area, three of which resulted in charges against three men, also from Houston. According to a 2022 Milwaukee County case, prosecutors wrote: “Across the country, in recent years, there has been a criminal trend in the theft of vending machines with the use of hooks and chains… Investigations showed that suspects in several incidents were determined to have association with the Houston, Texas area. The court commissioner told the court Friday, “When I look at the other co-defendants, they are all out of the same state, out of Texas. » Police are currently investigating whether the three suspects have any links to the others.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. —

Three Texas men are now charged Wednesday in an ATM robbery in the town of Brookfield that police are investigating because it may be linked to a national crime trend.

Brookfield Town Police were dispatched early Wednesday morning after an alarm was triggered at an ATM in the drive-thru lanes of Landmark Credit Union on Bluemound Road in Janacek.

Waukesha County prosecutors say three foreign men with a stolen van attached a strap to the ATM to try to open it. But Brookfield City Police arrived within seconds. The ATM is half a block from the police department.

Two of the men, Tydarian Curry, 25, and Aaron Rubins, 36, were arrested nearby. According to the complaint, Rubin told police, “You can see how stupid we were, the police station right around the corner.” »

A third suspect, John Mouton, 25, was arrested an hour later and made his first court appearance Friday. All three men are from the Houston area.

“Tying a vending machine to the back of a truck is what we consider a serious crime,” said Waukesha County Court Commissioner David Herring.

The crime is similar to several recent ATM thefts or attempted thefts in the Milwaukee area, including three that resulted in charges against three men, also from Houston.

According to a 2022 Milwaukee County case, prosecutors wrote: “Across the country, in recent years, there has been a criminal trend in the theft of vending machines with the use of hooks and chains… Investigations showed that suspects in several incidents were determined to have association with the Houston, Texas area.

The court commissioner told the court Friday: “When I look at the other co-defendants, they all come from the same state, Texas. »

Police are currently investigating whether the three suspects have any links to the others.

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