MAN STUCK IN ATM SLIPS HELP NOTES TO CUSTOMERS

A man who became trapped in an ATM slipped notes to customers via the receipt slot, pleading for them to help, police said Thursday.

The contractor became stuck Wednesday when he was changing a lock to a Bank of America room that leads to the back of the ATM, police Lt. Chris Hooper said. He couldn’t let himself out of the room because he didn’t have a keycard on him and was unable to notify bank employees for help.

“Apparently he left his cellphone and the swipe card he needed to get out of the room outside in his truck,” Hooper said. When he realized customers were retrieving cash from the machine, he passed notes to them through the ATM receipt slot. — The Associated Press