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[September 27, 2007]  KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Two Kingsport men learned that an older Honda Accord didn't have the juice to drag an ATM machine from a drugstore in a burglary attempt, police said.

Pablo Ibanez and Keith Tester are accused of breaking a window at a Walgreens pharmacy and trying to use a logging chain to pull the machine outside early Sunday morning.

They were found at their apartment after a witness identified the car used in the unsuccessful attempt.

Police said Ibanez confessed to the crime and also took responsibility for a separate burglary earlier this month. He was charged with two counts of burglary, theft and attempted theft.

Tester was charged with burglary and theft.

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Information from: Kingsport Times-News, http://www.timesnews.net/

[Associated Press]

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