The term 'jugging' is derived from criminals who target people with 'jugs' such as an expensive piece of jewelry or a large amount of money pulled from an ATM. Criminals hang out in bank parking lots or outside high-end stores, and once they identify their victims, they rob them at gunpoint.
Thieves who have been ripping ATMs out of businesses in Louisiana are getting bolder. They stole a truck in Lafayette and used it to rip out an ATM at a bank.
Your debit card has replaced cash if you are like most of us. It is how you pay for almost everything. Would you be upset if someone was using a counterfeit copy of it to shop with? Help us catch this thief!
The Louisiana State Police and Secret Service are investigating and ATM scheme along the I-10 corridor. Some customers debit card numbers and pin numbers may have been compromised