Police: ATM Robbery Scheme Goes Awry

Bobcat-Driving ATM Robbery Suspect Ends Up At Bottom Of Cliff

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- A crook went to great lengths to get the money inside an automatic teller machine early Sunday morning, but ended up putting his life in danger, police said.Leavenworth police said a thief stole a Bobcat loader from a construction site about 1 a.m., then used it to pull an ATM out of the ground at the Frontier Community Credit Union near South Fourth and Walnut streets. His plan seemed to be to drop it over a cliff to bust it open, police said.Only his scheme didn't go according to plan, officers said. And the Bobcat and the ATM ended up at the bottom of the hill.Nearby resident Terry Mulcare said, "He didn't plan it too cleverly as he thought, since he managed to go down the hill with the ATM."