A federal judge sentenced Ahmon Hogg, 23, of Humble, Texas, to nine years in prison on Apr. 28 for a series of violent bank robberies across multiple states. The sentencing took place in U.S. District Court in Seattle and was announced by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Hogg pleaded guilty earlier this year to four counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery for his involvement in assaults and threats against ATM technicians.
The case highlights concerns about violent crime targeting financial institutions and the risks faced by those who maintain critical infrastructure like ATMs. According to Judge James L. Robart at sentencing, “The offenses in this case showed sophistication, planning, and a modicum of violence. He needs to be held responsible for what he did.”
“These two young men will spend their 20’s in prison for their violent attacks driven by greed,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd. “Each was involved in brutal beatings of ATM technicians, and neither slowed down when confronted by police. Their online celebrations of their cash hauls were premature -- now they are paying for their crimes with years of their lives.” W. Mike Herrington, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Seattle field office, said: “Across just eight months, Mr. Hogg and his co-defendant targeted banks in five different states, badly injuring repair technicians and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars... While the schemes may change, our commitment to relentlessly pursuing violent crime never will.”
Court documents describe how Hogg and co-defendant Seth Daquan Coles-Body disabled ATMs across Washington State during December 2024 before assaulting or threatening arriving technicians to steal cash cassettes from the machines—sometimes using weapons such as screwdrivers or resorting to physical violence when demands were not met.
Their criminal activity extended beyond Washington into Arizona—where Phoenix law enforcement stopped them before another planned robbery—and continued through Oregon (including Tigard and Hillsboro), Maine (where a technician was severely beaten), Texas (where $117,000 was stolen from a Wells Fargo machine), Mississippi (where they were arrested with firearms), among other locations.
Both men agreed to pay $768,900 restitution covering losses across six states: Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Maine, and Mississippi.
Assistant United States Attorney Amanda McDowell told the court that one victim "was beaten so badly he almost lost consciousness." After serving his sentence Hogg will be subject to three years’ supervised release.
The prosecution involved coordination between FBI offices from Vancouver (Washington), Phoenix (Arizona), Houston (Texas) as well as local law enforcement agencies across several jurisdictions.
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