Two Colombian men accused of stealing thousands of dollars in cash from an ATM attendant’s car on the Northwest Side have disappeared after being released on electronic monitoring.
On September 7, a 66-year-old ATM attendant parked his car in the 6600 block of North Oliphant in Edison Park and walked to a nearby restaurant and bar to service a cash machine.
When he returned, he found his rear passenger-side window broken and a backpack containing $10,000 in cash missing, according to a Chicago police report. Surveillance video showed two men, one acting as a driver and the other breaking into the car, police said.
Five days later, police located the getaway vehicle in the 3100 block of West Eddy and set up surveillance, according to the report. Officers soon saw Jairo Martinez-Ruiz, 35, pull up in a vehicle and drop off 60-year-old Yezid Caicedo Sanchez. Sanchez allegedly got into the surveilled vehicle and drove away. When officers tried to pull him over for having a false registration and in connection with the burglary, he sped away but was later caught in the 3900 block of North Claremont, authorities said.
Meanwhile, other officers tried to stop Martinez-Ruiz for allegedly driving with an invalid plate. He jumped out of his car and ran, but was arrested in the 4000 block of North Western Avenue while carrying $1,561 in cash, police said.
Both men were charged with burglary and with driving and vehicle registration violations. Because those charges are not detainable, Judge Susana Ortiz ordered them released on ankle monitors, according to court records.
But those records show neither man showed up for court on September 22, and Judge Anthony Calabrese issued failure-to-appear warrants for both of them. They had not been located as of Tuesday night.
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