"I saw what you did there" of the moment

An article about a man trapped in Texas cash machine...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40589631

... Includes the phrase, "Police thought it a hoax before kicking in a door to withdraw him."

The article doesn't say anything about whether they got a receipt on the transaction, nor what the remaining stockpile of men trapped in the cash machine might be.