On Monday, June 14, a 23-year-old male withdrew a large sum of money from an ATM machine and was allegedly violently mugged for every cent of it. A filed police report states that the young man withdrew $1,375 from an ATM on Northgate Way at the particularly non-ominous hour of 3:30 p.m. This large sum of money was intended as a deposit for a house he and his roommates were moving into that day on Greenwood Avenue North. The man secured it in an envelope. The police report states that he then placed the envelope in his back pocket (mistake! mistake!). He was walking to a bus stop on North East 95th Street when he allegedly felt something strike the back of his head. According to the report, the victim was knocked to the ground and landed on his stomach. While he was on the ground, the suspects allegedly began to kick him in the sides and rummage through his pockets, eventually finding and taking the fat envelope from his back pocket. The report states the victim had a wallet and a “non-working phone” inside his jacket pocket and “was able to retain these items by lying on his stomach.” Phew! Good thing he saved that broken phone.

When the victim believed his attackers had left, he looked around and reportedly saw three males get into an “older, reddish, boxy, four-door Cadillac with nice rims and dark tinted windows.” He was unable to describe their clothing or approximate ages. He did, however, state he could identify the vehicle (and its sweet rims) if he saw it again.

Watch out, Seattle: Cadillacs are fast becoming signature cars of crime.

22 replies on “Man Robbed of $1,375 at ATM”

  3. I think the most I can withdraw is $750 a day. Though one time I did have to take out $1000 but I had to call my bank ahead to have them allow it to be processed.

    Why didn’t they just write a check to the landlord?

  4. Sounds fishy. First of all, as mentioned above ATMs have withdrawal limits. Furthermore, they dispense $20 bills. How does one arrive at the $1375 figure using only increments of $20? Did the muggers make change?

    Dude was supposed to come through with the cash and didn’t. This is his cover story.

  7. @5, I think some of the B of A ATM’s still do the $10 bills.

    And the $5.00 thing; the guy MAY have had a $5 and $10 that he bundled together with his $1360 that would have been in $20’s.

    I know, it’s fishy but it COULD happen in the universe….could….

  8. Even if your ATM does in fact, allow you to withdraw more than $1,300 in cash, why in the world would you? That’s one reason checks exist is to safeguard large amounts of cash. I would not be surprised if there is more to the story than is currently being reported; something about this definitely sounds fishy.

  9. Sucks to be him (assuming it’s true).

    But WTF? Who carries around $1300+ in cash? Has this guy never heard of a checking account? I don’t want to blame the victim, but that was just stupid.

  10. Deposit my ass. Who pays a rental deposit with cash? I can only think of a few reasons somebody needs $1375 in cash at 3:30 AM. I bet he knew the perps and they knew he had this money.

    Lincoln Towncars are also symbols of crime. My roommate and I were in line late one night at a drive through once when a cracked out woman came up to the window and asked if he was “working.”

  11. Sorry, I read the story wrong. It was 3:30 pm. Nonetheless, carrying around that much cash (in lieu of a money order) is usually a sign that somebody is up to no good.

  14. It’s possible he had his future roommate’s portion of the deposit, then withdrew his. A lot of other explanations are possible as well, but without a working phone, I doubt it was anything too nefarious.

    Sucks he got jumped regardless. Also, never pay deposits or rent in cash.

  15. This person is an IDIOT. What kind of freak puts that much cash money in their BACK POCKET? That is the kind of sum of cash that one walks along clutching for dear life. Or at LEAST put it in a more secure pocket!

  18. So, was this from a joint bank account…as in he pocketed the money and then made up this story to convince his roommates that it was stolen?

  19. I once lived in a sketchy roommate situation where I had to pay my deposit and rent in cash. (I think it’s possible that the landlord was taking the rent under the table.)

  20. He might be lying. However, the police, who are typically much better at crime-solving than your typical internet commenter, probably already thought of these possibilities and checked the ATM’s transaction records and security video to verify whether or not this person withdrew said money.

  21. “An ATM machine” huh? Wonder what that M in the acronym stands for? Sorry, I’ve just got a little PMS syndrome today…

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