2 men arrested after deputies said they stole from multiple coin-operated air compressors in Gordon County

Two men were arrested after Georgia deputies said they stole from multiple coin-operated air compressors.

Two men were arrested in Gordon County on Sunday after they were caught breaking into multiple coin-operated air compressors, deputies said.

According to the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a convenience store near Calhoun around 6 a.m. after someone reported a theft from a coin-operated air compressor.

Witnesses told authorities that the thieves drove away in a black Chevrolet SUV.

Nearly an hour later, deputies spotted the suspects breaking into another machine at a convenience store in Calhoun, officials said.

The suspects, identified as Wilbur Antonio Flores, 33, of Baltimore, Md., and Luis Viera, 33, of Brooklyn, Md., were arrested.

Deputies found more than $1,000 in quarters in their SUV, along with a stolen license plate, a crowbar used to break into the machine and a shop vac they used to remove the coins, Gordon County officials said.

Deputies conducted a search warrant at the suspects’ motel room and found several thousands of dollars in quarters in the room. The total amount was undisclosed.

One of the suspects told deputies they had been targeting machines from Maryland to Georgia.

The duo was booked into the Gordon County Jail.