A duo accused of carrying out a series of successful ATM robberies by blowing them up in Florida allegedly took a crack at trying the same thing in North Georgia.
To say their plan backfired would be an understatement. Not only were they arrested, but they didn’t manage to steal a cent, authorities said.
Mawdo Malick Sallah, 33, of Clearwater, Fla., and Kirk Douglas Johnson, 34, of Anderson, were arrested Saturday night after the failed burglary attempt, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Their target was the ATM at the Bank of the Ozarks at the intersection of Virgil Lankford Road and Epps Bridge Parkway, the release said. “The homemade device literally blew the ATM up, however, the safe inside was left intact and was not breached,” according to the sheriff’s office.