Bungling Burglar Fails To Break Into ATM With Stolen Backhoe

Cops say a brazen thief outside Washington, D.C., had the capital idea of breaking open an ATM using construction equipment. But first, police say, the alleged criminal had to steal the heavy machinery. Once behind the wheel of a backhoe, the thief allegedly drove it about five miles to a bank where he used it to try to break into an ATM last week, police said. But he failed.