SEATTLE — A 24-year-old Texas man who admitted taking part in a string of violent ATM-related bank robberies across the country was sentenced in Seattle to 10 years in federal prison.

Seth Coles-Body, of Houston, was sentenced on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Seattle after pleading guilty in February 2026 to four counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery.

Prosecutors said Coles-Body and an accomplice disabled ATMs, then ambushed repair technicians who arrived to fix the machines, using threats and assaults to steal cash containers known as cassettes.

At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said Coles-Body “was enjoying a criminal life The conduct was driven by greed and an appetite for money without considering the overall community.”

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd said the robberies targeted working technicians. “This defendant targeted ordinary, hardworking citizens who were simply doing their job, and who now have to live with the fear and trauma that comes from being ambushed and beaten in their workplace,” Neil Floyd said. “Mr. Coles-Body used increasing violence as time went on. Even after several law enforcement encounters, he never slowed down; instead, he celebrated his robberies on social media. This significant sentence is warranted.”

FBI Seattle Special Agent in Charge W. Mike Herrington said the pair carried out “a series of increasingly brazen and violent robberies across the United States,” including multiple locations in Washington state. “They badly injured repair technicians just trying to do their jobs and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Herrington said.

In December 2024, prosecutors said Coles-Body and Ahmon Hogg, 23, of Humble, Texas, targeted ATMs on Dec. 23 and 24, when machines would be loaded with cash for the Christmas holiday. In Renton, Washington, they disabled a Bank of America ATM and confronted a technician as he began repairs, brandishing a screwdriver and demanding he open the machine and hand over the cash cassettes. The technician did not open the machine and escaped after a scuffle, according to the case summary.

The next day in Vancouver, Washington, a technician was sent to repair a Bank of America ATM on Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard. As the technician started repairs, Hogg and Coles-Body ran up, intimidated the victim, and grabbed five cash cassettes filled with currency before fleeing in a car that matched one seen in connection with the Renton attempted robbery, prosecutors said.

The defendants also admitted disabling a Bank of America ATM in Battle Ground, Washington, that same day.

While Washington investigations were ongoing, authorities said the men were tied to ATM tampering cases on Jan. 3, 2025, in the Phoenix area involving Bank of America and Wells Fargo machines that had been tampered with in a similar way. Phoenix law enforcement stopped Hogg and Coles-Body while they were attempting to rob one of the ATMs they had disabled, according to prosecutors.

On March 7, 2025, prosecutors said the defendants committed another robbery at a Bank of America in Redmond, Washington, rushing an ATM repair technician after the machine was opened and stealing cash canisters filled with money. Five canisters were later recovered damaged on the shoulder of Highway 520, according to the case summary. A few days later, Coles-Body was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol with about $209,000 in cash; the cash was seized, and Coles-Body was released, prosecutors said.

In May 2025, authorities said the men were back in Houston and robbed a Wells Fargo ATM while a repair technician had the machine open. Prosecutors said Coles-Body rushed the technician, causing injuries, and the men stole about $117,000 before abandoning their car a short distance away.

In June 2025, prosecutors said the pair traveled to Oregon, disabling ATMs in Tigard and Hillsboro. While in the area, they also robbed an ATM customer who had just used a different machine, according to the case summary.

Authorities said the men then drove from Oregon to Maine and, on June 30, 2025, disabled a Bank of America ATM in South Portland. As a technician made repairs, prosecutors said the men rushed and beat the technician, stealing $47,000.

After leaving Maine, the men drove to Jackson, Mississippi, where they were arrested during a traffic stop, according to prosecutors. Authorities said stolen guns and significant amounts of cash were found in the car.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda McDowell, who prosecuted the case, asked the court for the high-end 10-year sentence. “These were hands-on robberies carried out with violence and intimidation. No place in the country was off limits, and this was fun for him. There was no remorse – this was a source of pride and celebration,” McDowell said.

Coles-Body will serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. Both men have agreed to pay restitution, with victims’ losses currently determined to total $768,900, prosecutors said.

Officials said the sentencing resolves cases in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Maine, and Mississippi.