Pair Charged for Taking Cashless Cash Machine from Shell Station

Editor's note: One person's name was removed from this report.

Two men were arrested Dec. 12 in connection with the theft of an automated teller machine located at a Nashua gas station.

Roland Dion, age 27, of 75 Kinsley Street, Nashua, was charged with theft by unauthorized taking. [Name Withheld], 27, no fixed address, was arrested on an electronic bench warrant during a motor vehicle stop. Police received information that both men were involved in the theft of a car wash automated teller machine from the Shell Gas Station, 270 Main Dunstable Road.

Nashua Police furthered the investigation and ultimately charged Dion with a class A felony theft for stealing the automated teller machine and dumping it in a nearby wooded area. [Name Withheld] was charged with criminal liability for conduct of another to theft, a class A felony for assisting Dion.

The value of the teller machine is about $15,000. There was no money in the machine at the time of the theft. A Class A Felony is punishable by up to15 years imprisonment, exclusive of fines. Dion’s bail was set at $25,000.00 cash bail and [Name Withheld] refused bail. Arraignments have been scheduled for December 13, 2013 in the 9th Circuit Nashua District Division Court Nashua.