ManitobaRCMP say they’re searching for two men who broke into a business and stole its ATM in a community southeast of Winnipeg early Friday.Business owner not hurt, but ATM removal caused significant building damage: RCMPCBC News · Posted: Nov 21, 2025 8:44 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Surveillance footage shows two men breaking in to a business in Lorette, Man., early Friday, significantly damaging the building and taking off with an ATM machine, according to police. (Submitted by Manitoba RCMP)RCMP say they’re searching for two men who broke into a business and stole its ATM in a community southeast of Winnipeg early Friday.Around 4:30 a.m. Friday, RCMP were notified of a break and enter in progress at a business on Lagimodiere Avenue in Lorette, in the rural municipality of Taché, police said in a news release.The business owner, who was at the scene, told police that two unknown men were trying to remove an ATM from the building.The men were dressed in all black clothing, wearing balaclavas, and driving a black pickup truck, the business owner said.The men caused significant damage to the building while removing the ATM, fleeing afterwards.The owner was not physically harmed in the incident.The men were dressed in all black clothing, wearing balaclavas, and driving a black pickup truck, the business owner told police. (Submitted by Manitoba RCMP)Around 7:45 a.m. that morning, RCMP say the stolen ATM was found on Prairie Grove Road in the rural municipality of Springfield, before it was seized by police.Police did not specify whether the ATM held any cash, or if the thieves made off with any money.In a Facebook post, the Dawson Trail Motor Inn confirmed their business had been broken into and had its ATM stolen, adding the thieves did not steal prizes for a “sexy bingo” event scheduled on Saturday.”Sexy Bingo is still a go on Saturday,” the post reads.Anyone with information about the truck or the two men suspected of stealing the ATM is asked to contact RCMP at 204-433-7908.Gisele Young, who manages the Lorette Esso Grocery and Gas Bar, says crime has increased in the area over the last couple of years.”I don’t know if it’s because we’re close to Winnipeg — I don’t know why it’s happening, but it has increased,” she told Radio-Canada.She says people were surprised by the ATM theft, but not shocked.”You’re a little more cautious [of] strangers.”Gisele Young, who manages the Lorette Esso Grocery and Gas Bar, says people were surprised by the ATM theft, but not shocked as crime has increased in the area over the last couple of years. (Radio-Canada)Andrew Spencer, who’s lived in Lorette for 22 years, says he got a chuckle out of the incident.”They’re brazen these days, aren’t they?” Spencer told Radio-Canada on Friday.The community has been hit by crime sporadically over the last decade, he said.”You take it with a grain of salt, it’s everywhere.”The RCMP’s investigation into the ATM theft continues.With files from Radio-Canada’s Axel Dansereau Macias
‘Sexy Bingo’ still a go at Lorette, Man., business after thieves steal ATM during break-in
