Police: ATM filler accused of emptying Daytona Beach machines | News-JournalOnline.com
A Palm Coast man who worked with his father filling ATMs with cash is on the run after police said he started stealing from the very machines he replenished
According to Daytona Beach police investigators, 36-year-old Justin Arthur Smith stole $6,500 from ATMs at two bars on Main Street between Halloween and Nov. 2. Police said Smith also took cash from two other ATMs in Holly Hill and Flagler County.
Smith and his father, Kenneth Smith, both work for Money Tree based in Fort Walton Beach, police said. They refill ATMs with cash.
On Nov. 3 when Kenneth Smith went to Dirty Harry’s and Froggy’s Saloon he said that the ATMs were empty, according to an incident report. Employees at both businesses told him that the other ATM man had refilled the machines.
Kenneth Smith, knowing they were talking about his son, reported the thefts, police said.
Kenneth Smith told investigators he had been working with his son, but recently the pair had a falling out, the report states. Kenneth Smith told police his son had the keys and combinations to all the ATMs and that he would have to change the locks and the combinations on the machines, the report states.
Court records show Justin Smith was sentenced to jail for felony drug possession in 2001 and probation for similar charges in 2003. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Monica Lee at [email protected] or by calling 386-671-5212
