On Dec. 19, at approximately 4:15 a.m. Garland Police Department officers responded to the 2400 block of West Buckingham Road, the location of a RaceTrac convenience store. The call was made in reference to a group of males trying to steal the ATM located inside the store.
The subjects arrived at the store in a white pickup, later discovered to be stolen out of Dallas, smashing the front window of the convenience store which was open for business at the time.
Curtis Eaton
The subjects attached a cable around the ATM and attempted to pull the machine out. After several failed attempts the group left in the listed vehicle.
Garland officers quickly arrived in the area and located the suspect vehicle leaving, dragging a metal cable. The vehicle pulled into an apartment complex in the 3200 block of West Buckingham Road at which time everyone inside the vehicle fled on foot.
Officers arrested 31-year-old Curtis Eaton and 18-year-old Brandon Finch, both of Dallas. A third subject remains at large. Brandon Finch and Curtis Eaton are being charged with Evading Arrest or Detention and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. Both are currently being held in the Garland Detention Center with a bond of $2,500 for Evading Arrest or Detention and $100,000 for Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity.
This is an active investigation.