A series of ATMs thefts happening in southern Kentucky is under investigation.

Automated teller machines from different stores in several counties have been stolen. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office say they believe all the thefts are connected to the same people.

The same crew has hit at least three times within the last month in Knox County. Three stores in three different areas of the county have been hit and the crew uses the same method for stealing ATMs every time. This method is pull the ATM out of the store, using chains attached to a stolen vehicle

The Whitley County sheriff stated the suspect tried to steal an ATM from a store just off Interstate 75 exit 15, where they used a truck they stole in Corbin. In one of the crimes, they used a stolen church van.

The sheriff in Whitley County also stated he received intel that another store was hit over the weekend, just across the border in Tennessee, off Interstate 75.