D.C. police are investigating how the machines got there.
in a creek in Northeast Washington, according to law enforcement authorities and city officials.
In a statement, the D.C. Department of General Services said workers removed eight automated teller machines from Watts Branch creek in January and plan to remove 10 more Thursday. The statement says D.C. police will accompany the workers.A DGS spokesman declined to say why all the ATMs were not removed in January, though the agency tweeted at the time that work would proceed “as weather conditions allow.
The issue received attention after several residents posted pictures of the machines partially submerged in water along the Marvin Gaye Trail near 57th Street NE. News Channel 4 first reported the issue Wednesday. DC Police & FBI now investigating as many as 20 ATM machines discarded in Watts Branch Creek in North East DC.
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