ATM thieves arrested by police
Three men were arrested for a variety of felony charges after
police catch them in the act of stealing an ATM machine. The three men were
identified as 41-year-old Patrick Intintoli, 57-year-old Mark Bryant, and 53-year-old
Brian Groce.
Over the course of the last few months, dating back to
November of 2021, Mesa Police have had a series of burglaries where suspect(s)
were using stolen construction equipment to forcibly remove ATMs or safes from businesses.
The stolen ATMs and safes were removed and later found at different locations
after they had been dumped. The stolen construction equipment used in the
crimes was always left at the scene. Mesa Detectives were working on at least
three cases that all had similar circumstances. In one of the cases, video
showed a suspect wearing black and white gloves during the commission of the
crime. A single black and white glove was recovered at the crime scene next to
a stolen piece of construction equipment. The glove would be the lead that
eventually cracked the case. The glove was collected and analyzed for DNA. The
DNA profile matched a person in the system named Patrick Intintoli. Detectives
were able to get a warrant that showed Intintoli’s phone at three crime scenes,
two in Mesa and one in Tempe. Through their investigation, Detectives discovered
that Intintoli had also been convicted in 2006 for stealing an ATM with a
forklift from a bank.
On May 5th, 2022, officers were watching
Intintoli when they saw him, Bryant, and Groce leave an address in Mesa in two
separate cars. Officers followed where they witnessed the three of them steal a
trailer from a parking lot and hook it up to their vehicle. They then drove to
a construction site where they stole a Caterpillar tractor. All three then drove
to a credit union in Pinal County where they used the tractor to remove an ATM
from the ground and place it into the stolen trailer. They left the stolen
tractor at the scene and returned to an address in Mesa with the stolen trailer
and ATM. Groce was observed leaving the house and going to a Home Depot where
he bought a saw and high-end cutting blades. When he returned to the house, he
was taken into custody along with Intintoli. Bryant was arrested and taken into
custody at a nearby address. The stolen trailer and ATM were both recovered.
The hard work of all our Detectives and professional staff
led to the arrest of these three men and got them off the street. Mesa Police Detectives
are working with several other valley police agencies with similar crimes to
determine if more charges could be forthcoming.
The Mesa Police Department would like to recognize everyone
involved in these arrests that resulted in solving several criminal cases. It is
through their relentless professional crime fighting efforts that these
suspects were caught.
