ATM thieves slam vehicle into gas station at 15 Mile, Harper in Clinton Township

Police: Stolen minivan used in smash-and-grab robbery

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A vehicle slammed into a gas station as part of a smash-and-grab robbery Monday morning at 15 Mile Road and Harper Avenue in Clinton Township. 

No one was inside the Sunoco gas station at the time. No injuries have been reported. 

Workers at the station said the thieves stole the ATM and other items. They then left the vehicle, which police said is a stolen Dodge minivan from Indiana, and used another vehicle to haul away the ATM. 

The place was left in ruins. 

There may be gas station surveillance video of the crash. 


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