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Woman foils armed robbery at ATM in Lauderdale Lakes

Instead of hitting the keypad, she hit the gas before an armed robber could get any cash from her at an ATM in Lauderdale Lakes, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

When the woman drove up to the SunTrust Bank cash machine, at 3649 W. Oakland Park Blvd., about 9:15 p.m. on April 24, a man stuck a gun in her face through the driver’s side window.

He demanded she enter her PIN, withdraw money from her account and give it to him. That’s when she sped away. She had a child in the front passenger seat but no one in the SUV was injured and no money was stolen, investigators said.