Two men from Texas have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery for their roles in a scheme that targeted ATM technicians across several states, according to an announcement by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.
Ahmon Hogg, 22, of Humble, Texas, and Seth Coles-Body, 23, of Houston, admitted to disabling ATMs and then assaulting or threatening the technicians who arrived to service the machines. Their actions allowed them to steal cash containers from inside the ATMs. Both are scheduled for sentencing in April before U.S. District Judge James L. Robart.
The plea agreements detail incidents that began in December 2024. On December 23 and 24, Hogg and Coles-Body disabled Bank of America ATMs in Renton and Vancouver, Washington—timed when the machines were stocked with extra cash for the holidays. In Renton, they confronted a technician with a screwdriver but failed to access the cash after a struggle; the next day in Vancouver, they successfully intimidated another technician and fled with five cash cassettes.
The pair also admitted tampering with an ATM in Battleground, Washington on December 24. By early January 2025, they were linked to similar incidents involving Bank of America and Wells Fargo ATMs around Phoenix, Arizona. Local law enforcement stopped them during one attempted robbery.
On March 7, 2025, Hogg and Coles-Body robbed another Bank of America location in Redmond, Washington as a technician serviced an ATM they had previously disabled. They stole canisters filled with money; five damaged canisters were later found along highway 520. Days afterward, Coles-Body was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol carrying about $209,000 in cash that was seized.
In May 2025 back in Houston—their home city—they committed another theft at a Wells Fargo ATM where Coles-Body injured a technician before taking approximately $117,000 from the machine.
Their activities continued into June as they traveled through Oregon disabling ATMs in Tigard and Hillsboro; while there they also robbed an ATM customer using another machine.
By late June 2025 they drove east to Maine where on June 30 they assaulted a technician at a Bank of America ATM in South Portland and took $47,000.
Shortly after leaving Maine for Mississippi the two men were arrested during a traffic stop near Jackson; authorities found stolen firearms and large amounts of cash inside their vehicle.
As part of their plea agreement prosecutors will recommend sentences of at least 121 months—or higher if so determined by Judge Robart—with both defendants agreeing not to seek sentences below guideline ranges calculated at sentencing time.
They have agreed to pay restitution totaling $768,900 as well as cover damages including medical expenses for injured technicians.
The agreements resolve all related cases spanning Washington state, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Maine and Mississippi. Judge Robart will review all relevant conduct when deciding final sentences.
Bank robbery charges carry potential penalties up to twenty years’ imprisonment per count.
Multiple FBI field offices—including those based in Vancouver (WA), Phoenix (AZ), Houston (TX)—alongside state law enforcement agencies from various locations participated in investigating this case alongside the Columbia River Organized Crime Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Amanda McDowell is prosecuting with support from federal prosecutors based in Phoenix and Houston.
