Man steals ATM from convenience store

Placentia, Calif. -- Police in Placentia, Calif., said they are searching for a man accused of entering a convenience store and stealing an automated teller machine.

Placentia police spokeswoman Corinne Loomis said a man told the Circle K clerk to move out of the way while he took the large ATM machine out of the store on a dolly, The Orange County (Calif.) Register reported.

Police said the man had on a motorcycle helmet or a paint-ball mask and took off in a vehicle after the heist.

No one was injured in the Wednesday incident and the man didn't appear to be armed, the newspaper said.

Loomis said the ATM was filled wish cash the day it was taken.

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