10 Years for Texan Behind Multi-State ATM Robbery Spree That Hit Oregon
A string of violent robberies from ATMs across the U.S., including Oregon, ended yesterday with a 10-year prison sentence for 24-year-old Texan, Seth Coles-Body.
Appearing in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, Coles-Body pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery for his role in the bank heists, which included assaulting and threatening ATM technicians.
Oregon ATMs Targeted in Inter-State Bank Heists
The sentence resolves all cases in Oregon, Washington, Texas, Arizona, Maine, and Mississippi.
Evidence was that Coles-Body and partner, Ahman Hogg (23), also from Texas, would disable ATMs and then lie in wait for a technician to arrive and repair the machine.
The two men would then threaten or assault the technician and steal the cash containers, known as cassettes, from the ATM.
The spree of robberies began in Washington state over Christmas, in December 2024, when the ATMs were fully loaded with cash.
- Dec. 23 to 24, 2024 : Washington ATM attacks begin.
- Jan. 3, 2025 : Pair identified in Phoenix ATM tampering case.
- June 2025 : Tigard and Hillsboro machines are targeted.
- July 2025 : Men are arrested in Mississippi.
- Apr. 14, 2026 : Coles Body gets 10 years in prison.
After three bank ATMs in Washington were targeted in December, the co-conspirators turned their attention to Arizona in January 2025.
The Robbers Focused on ATMs in Tigard and Hillsboro
After several other successful robberies over the next few weeks, the two men turned their attention to Oregon in June 2025, where they disabled ATMs in Tigard and Hillsboro.
They also robbed an unsuspecting customer who was withdrawing cash from a different machine while they were in the Oregon area.
Both men have agreed to pay restitution to the victims, currently estimated at $768,900.
State law enforcement officers in Hillsboro, Oregon, Battleground, Washington, and Jackson, Mississippi, assisted the FBI investigation.