R’Vonte Berryman, 28, and Cregarius Jackson, 37, both from Houston, Texas, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in two ATM robberies in Indianapolis. Berryman received a seven-year sentence while Jackson was sentenced to five and a half years. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interference with commerce by robbery, bank robbery, and aiding and abetting. They were also ordered to pay $407,339 in restitution.
Court records show that the men traveled from Houston to Indianapolis in 2022 as part of a plan to rob ATMs. On June 9, 2022, at about 3:41 a.m., Jackson jammed an ATM at the PNC Bank on West 38th Street. When a technician arrived to fix the machine, Berryman and another accomplice forced him to open it and took $107,339 in cash.
Two months later, on August 9, 2022, they used the same method at a Bank of America ATM on River Road. After disabling the machine and waiting for a technician’s arrival, they forced the employee to hand over $300,000.
“These defendants traveled hundreds of miles across the country to prey on financial services that everyday Hoosiers rely on,” said Tom Wheeler, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. “These violent schemes drive up costs, disrupt access to financial services, and put innocent people in danger. This sentence makes clear that exploiting our banking system and endangering the people who keep it running will carry serious consequences.”
“These men chose to use fear and force to steal. By coercing employees to open ATMs, they put innocent workers in fear for their safety and traumatized them,” said FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. O’ Malley. “The FBI will continue working with our law enforcement partners to identify, investigate, and hold accountable those who threaten public safety.”
The investigation was conducted by the FBI. U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker handed down the sentences.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jayson W. McGrath prosecuted the case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which coordinates efforts among law enforcement agencies and communities with the goal of reducing violent crime and gun violence nationwide.
