BAY AREA, Fla. — Two men have been arrested and charged in multiple ATM explosions in the Bay area. 

According to federal agents the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Mawdo Malick Sallah and Kirk Douglas Johnson were arrested Sunday in Georgia.

Sallah, 33, of Clearwater and Johnson, 34, of Anderson, South Carolina are facing charges of conspiring to commit arson related to a series of ATM explosions in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties that started last November.

They each face a minimum term of 5 years, and up to, 20 years in federal prison. They are currently being held in Oconee County, Georgia.

Sallah and Johnson took nearly $70,000 from several Bay area ATMs between November and January and vandalized others without taking any cash, according to a criminal complaint. 

The Bay area banks where the ATMs explosions happened: 

  • Regions Bank, located at 3522 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico. 
  • Pilot Bank located at 12471 W. Linebaugh Avenue.
  • BB&T bank, located at 3209 Tampa Road.

Investigators believe the men injected some type of flammable fuel into the machines and used a spark to ignite it. 

The men were arrested Sunday after setting off an explosion at an ATM in Watkinsville, Georgia, prosecutors said.

That ATM was damaged, but Sallah and Johnson were unable to retrieve any cash, authorities said.