{"id":2171,"date":"2026-06-15T13:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:06:53","slug":"police-arrest-east-bay-man-suspected-of-causing-48000-in-damages-to-atm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2171","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest East Bay man suspected of causing $48,000 in damages to ATM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><p>A 41-year-old Richmond resident was arrested Friday, June 12, after Petaluma police linked him to an incident in which an ATM downtown was allegedly vandalized, causing thousands of dollars in damages, authorities said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2167\">Vietnamese \u2018broken rice\u2019 gets elevated at a new East Bay restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Employees at the Chase Bank at 101 Western Ave. in Petaluma discovered Wednesday morning, June 10, that an exterior ATM had been heavily damaged overnight. Police said someone had removed the machine\u2019s keypad and button assembly, cut its wiring and left the ATM inoperable.<\/p>\n<p>Bank representatives estimated the damage at about $48,000 but were unable to say on Saturday when they anticipated the ATM to repaired.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An exterior ATM at Chase Bank in downtown Petaluma shows...\" class=\"wp-image-2169\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/34259bd038c6927c6301028d26ef3b22-768x1024.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/34259bd038c6927c6301028d26ef3b22-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/34259bd038c6927c6301028d26ef3b22-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/34259bd038c6927c6301028d26ef3b22-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/34259bd038c6927c6301028d26ef3b22-1536x2048.webp 1536w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/34259bd038c6927c6301028d26ef3b22.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>An exterior ATM at Chase Bank in downtown Petaluma shows exposed wiring following an overnight vandalism incident June 10, 2026. Police said the machine sustained extensive damage and was left out of service. (Isabel Beer \/ The Press Democrat)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Damaged wiring is visible on an exterior ATM at the...\" class=\"wp-image-2170\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/30189cc54be0c79e260c208f5ae6524b-1024x768.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/30189cc54be0c79e260c208f5ae6524b-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/30189cc54be0c79e260c208f5ae6524b-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/30189cc54be0c79e260c208f5ae6524b-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/30189cc54be0c79e260c208f5ae6524b-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/30189cc54be0c79e260c208f5ae6524b.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Damaged wiring is visible on an exterior ATM at the Chase Bank in downtown Petaluma after it was vandalized overnight June 10, 2026. Investigators said the keypad and button assembly were removed, leaving the machine inoperable. (Isabel Beer \/ The Press Democrat)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><button>Show Caption<\/button><div><span>1<\/span> of <span>2<\/span><\/div><div>An exterior ATM at Chase Bank in downtown Petaluma shows exposed wiring following an overnight vandalism incident June 10, 2026. Police said the machine sustained extensive damage and was left out of service. (Isabel Beer \/ The Press Democrat)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p>During the investigation, officers learned that a man had entered a nearby business and attempted to pawn what appeared to be electronic components from an ATM. The items included exposed wiring and the encounter was captured on surveillance video, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators reviewed the footage and distributed images of the suspect to patrol officers.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2165\">Bay Area events calendar for June 19-25 weekly editions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, officers responding to an unrelated call at a downtown convenience store detained a man who matched the description from the surveillance images. Shortly after responding to the call at the convenience store, Petaluma police said they received additional surveillance images from Chase Bank that investigators said showed the person responsible for damaging the ATM.<\/p>\n<p>Police determined that the man shown in the bank\u2019s surveillance footage was the same person whom officers had detained earlier at the convenience store and arrested him.<\/p>\n<p>The Richmond resident was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism and booked into the Sonoma County jail, according to police. The Press Democrat generally does not identify people arrested or accused of nonviolent crimes.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2163\">Today In History: June 15, over 1,000 killed in New York steamboat accident<\/a><\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>You can reach Staff Writer Isabel Beer at isabel.beer@pressdemocrat.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petaluma police arrested a 41-year-old Richmond man Friday, June 12, after investigators linked him to extensive damage at a downtown Chase Bank ATM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest East Bay man suspected of causing $48,000 in damages to ATM - 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