Workers at a Cobb County pharmacy were left to clean up glass and debris Wednesday morning after a group used a large van to break into the building and try to steal an ATM, officials said.
Cobb police said the suspects rammed the van into the front doors of the Mableton CVS around 12:30 a.m. and attempted to take the machine but were unable to get it loaded into the van before police arrived.
The suspects left the van behind and fled in another vehicle, police said. It was not clear how much money might have been taken from the business or ATM.
Brandon Tallaksen with Classic Glass and Door said he got a call around 3:30 a.m. about a vehicle that ran through the CVS at the corner of Mableton Parkway and Old Alabama Road.
“So we did our best to get down here and get it cleaned up and get some material up for them,” Tallaksen said.
Credit: John Spink
Credit: John Spink
Crumbled bricks and broken glass were strewn across the ground where the vehicle collided with the wall. Metal paneling was pulled out of the wall, along with the ATM. An overturned drink cooler also lay just inside the building.
Tallaksen said his crew was working to secure the opening with some plywood and two-by-fours, just to “make sure that nobody else can get in there unless, of course, they bring another truck. You know, we can’t do much about that.”
He said that should suffice until brick masons can get there to rebuild the wall. Tallaksen’s crew will then return to frame in new glass.
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