# Robber blows up Florida ATM **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323 "2020-01-12T22:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/1 "2020-01-12T22:56:35Z")
I’ve always wondered what the inside of an ATM looks like. This poor ATM got totally opened up. Whoever did this used a lot of explosive material. I feel bad for the local residents. They will have to drive several miles to find another working ATM. This one may not get replaced for a long time. I suspect a ATM machine must cost over 50k. Way more money than the stolen cash. > **[Hillsborough deputies investigating ATM explosion in Valrico](https://www.fox4now.com/deputies-investigating-an-atm-explosion-in-florida?_amp=true)** > > The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating an ATM explosion. > [@](#): > > They said sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, an unknown suspect(s) spray painted the lenses of the surveillance cameras in the area. > > Later, there was an explosion from the drive-up ATM, exposing the interior. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/2 "2020-01-12T22:59:50Z")
“Think you used enough Dynamite there, Butch?” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/3 "2020-01-12T23:28:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox4now.com/deputies-investigating-an-atm-explosion-in-florida%3F\_amp=true](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox4now.com/deputies-investigating-an-atm-explosion-in-florida%3f_amp=true) You know, instead of providing a Google link to a news site link, you could just provide the [news site link](https://www.fox4now.com/deputies-investigating-an-atm-explosion-in-florida) _directly_. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/4 "2020-01-12T23:43:03Z")
Google provides Amp links anytime I search for a news story. I get a Amp link when I copy it. I prefer the direct link but Google does what it wants. Probably because I’m browsing on my phone with Chrome. Amp - Accelerated Mobile Pages ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/5 "2020-01-12T23:50:59Z")
Clarence Boddicker: Shit! I don’t believe it! Bobby: What? Clarence Boddicker: You… you burnt the fucking money! Bobby: I had to blow the door! What do you want? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/6 "2020-01-12T23:59:43Z")
When explosives are outlawed, only outlaws will have explosives. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/7 "2020-01-13T00:04:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > You know, instead of providing a Google link to a news site link, you could just provide the [news site link](https://www.fox4now.com/deputies-investigating-an-atm-explosion-in-florida) _directly_. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Google provides Amp links anytime I search for a news story. > > I get a Amp link when I copy it. I prefer the direct link but Google does what it wants. Probably because I’m browsing on my phone with Chrome. > > Amp - Accelerated Mobile Pages It’s relatively trivial to copy the actual link. If you’re in Chrome, tap the “share” icon on the top right of the story. A menu will pop up. One of the menu items will say “Copy to clipboard.” Tap on that, save the link to your clipboard, then paste it into your post. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/8 "2020-01-13T00:11:53Z")
Huh. Got blowed up real good. Apparently there have been two prior similar hits in the region since November, in [Olsdmar](https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/pinellas-deputies-investigating-explosion-to-bank-atm-in-oldsmar) and the westside of [Tampa](https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2019/12/23/deputies-investigating-atm-bank-explosion-in-tampa). > [@aceplace57](#): > > I feel bad for the local residents. They will have to drive several miles to find another working ATM. This one may not get replaced for a long time. Eh, it will be an inconvenience but there are 3 other Regions Bank branches within 4 miles (not counting other banks’ ATMs on the same or adjacent blocks to that shopping strip), according to G-Maps. Which seems not bad by Florida standards. OTOH all banks in the TBay area are gonna have to incur in increased security measures for their ATMs and branches until this gets solved. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/9 "2020-01-13T00:36:20Z")
\_You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!_\ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/10 "2020-01-13T03:49:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Clarence Boddicker: Shit! I don’t believe it! > > Bobby: What? > > Clarence Boddicker: You… you burnt the fucking money! > > Bobby: I had to blow the door! What do you want? I am curious how badly the ATM cash was damaged. It should be covered with explosive chemicals that ATF & FBI labs can detect. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/11 "2020-01-13T03:53:06Z")
Looks like the roll of receipt paper was barely damaged. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/12 "2020-01-13T05:59:05Z")
I saw that roll of paper. Wish I had it. (Hush, don’t say that. I am not a hoarder.:)) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/13 "2020-01-13T06:32:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I saw that roll of paper. Wish I had it. I know what you are getting for next Christmas - na na na na naaaaa. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/14 "2020-01-13T19:50:30Z")
Here’s a good video on the internals of an ATM; I used to work at a company that serviced ATMs and other point of sale hardware, I repaired the actual ATM feed mechanisms, extremely complicated and noisy outside of the housing the currency cassettes in the machines can hold a _lot_ of money and there’s typically 4-5 per machine (5/10/20/50/100) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/15 "2020-01-13T20:46:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I saw that roll of paper. Wish I had it. Blast-proof, fire-resistant receipt paper. Dang, you could make a good suit of armor out of it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/16 "2020-01-13T22:07:13Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > “Think you used enough Dynamite there, Butch?” One sheriff deputy was reported to have asked: “Who are those guys?” ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/17 "2020-01-14T04:07:59Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I am curious how badly the ATM cash was damaged. It should be covered with explosive chemicals that ATF & FBI labs can detect. Blowing up ATMs is quite common in South and Central America, the usual method is to pump gas inside the cabinet to blow it open, [here’s a video of a theft showing the MO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3VVpJmWfAA). ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/18 "2020-01-14T04:55:50Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Blowing up ATMs is quite common in South and Central America, the usual method is to pump gas inside the cabinet to blow it open, [here’s a video of a theft showing the MO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3VVpJmWfAA). I notice their apparent non-use of hand tools to peel off entangled wreckage from the cashbox made getting it out the door quite clumsier. C’mon, guys, you had hammers, use them again. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/19 "2020-01-14T11:47:41Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Blowing up ATMs is quite common in South and Central America, the usual method is to pump gas inside the cabinet to blow it open, [here’s a video of a theft showing the MO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3VVpJmWfAA). I think that should be shown in every pneumatics class from this point forward. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323/20 "2020-01-15T00:15:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > When explosives are outlawed, only outlaws will have explosives. When outlaws have been exploded, the crows will feast. Until explosives are outlawed, let’s have a blast! Meanwhile, be glad the ATM bandits haven’t tried ID theft. Or maybe they did, but too stupid, so go blasting ATMs because exciting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robber-blows-up-florida-atm/846323.md?page=2)