Detectives with the Long Beach Police Department arrested three people who allegedly stole ATMs from businesses in July.
Police said the suspects would wrap a large chain around the stand-alone ATMs, connect the chain to a stolen SUV and forcibly take the machine from targeted businesses. The suspects are linked to a July 14 theft on Paramount Boulevard and a July 15 theft on Long Beach Boulevard.
An investigation into the ATM thefts led to the arrest of Luis Torres, 36, of Lynwood; Richard Moran, 29; and Clarence Hardiman, 32, of Compton. All three were booked for grand theft and Hardiman is also booked for felony hit and run causing injury, as he allegedly hit a bystander during one of the ATM thefts…