Texas man gets 9 years in federal prison for robbing ATMs in Vancouver and across the country
A Texas man received a nine-year federal prison sentence Tuesday in Seattle for his role in a violent cross-country bank robbery scheme that targeted ATM repair technicians across six states, including in Vancouver.
Ahmon Hogg, 23, of Humble, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Robart after pleading guilty in February to four counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery.
The sentencing brings a resolution to all cases against Hogg for an eight-month crime spree with co-defendant Seth Daquan Coles-Body, 24, of Houston, who was sentenced earlier this month to 10 years in prison for his role in the assaults and thefts.
The pair's scheme involved disabling ATM machines, then ambushing and assaulting arriving technicians to steal the cash containers, known as cassettes, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen cash.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd condemned the pair's actions in a press release Tuesday.
"These two young men will spend their 20s in prison for their violent attacks driven by greed," Floyd said. "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."
At Tuesday's sentencing hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda McDowell described the crimes as "hands-on robberies," noting that in one June 2025 incident in South Portland, Maine, Hogg "beat the technician so badly he almost lost consciousness."
Robart determined that the offenses "showed sophistication, planning and a modicum of violence."
The two men admitted to a series of robberies and attempts across Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Maine and Mississippi.
The crime spree began in Washington in December 2024 with an attempted robbery in Renton and a successful theft of five cash cassettes the next day in Vancouver.
The spree continued into 2025, with a robbery in Redmond in March, followed by Coles-Body being stopped days later by U.S. Border Patrol with approximately $209,000 in seized cash, according to the release.
The crimes escalated in violence, with Coles-Body rushing and injuring a technician during a Wells Fargo robbery in Houston in May 2025.
The FBI had previously reported that the two men targeted banks in five different states, "badly injuring repair technicians and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars," said W. Mike Herrington, special agent in charge of the FBI Seattle field office.
Authorities arrested Coles-Body and Hogg in July 2025 during a traffic stop in Jackson, Miss., where investigators found stolen firearms and large amounts of cash in their vehicle.
Both men have since agreed to pay $768,900 in restitution to their victims, according to the press release.
Hogg will serve three years of supervised release after completing his prison term.
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