50-year-old Chad Engel pleaded guilty in July 2022 to using an explosive to commit a felony and conspiracy to commit a bank burglary.
SAN DIEGO — A Chula Vista man has been sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison for blowing up ATMs in an attempt to steal the money inside.Engel and his co-conspirator caused explosions at two different locations in 2017. The first happened at the California Coast Credit Union, located at 4285 Ruffin Road, on July 4. The second explosion happened on Aug. 13, 2017, when the criminals targeted an ATM at a Chevron gas station at 9650 Miramar Road.
"Engel then placed and ignited a hobby fuse inside the drilled hole, which resulted in an explosion that destroyed the ATM," the release says. The attorney's office says investigators learned the two suspects tried to break into other ATMs before resorting to homemade explosives. Engel also admitted that they broke into a Super Laundry in National City in June 2017 to steal money from the ATM. They failed to get into the machine; however, they stole about $140 from the business.
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