ATM Burglary Ring Leader Sentenced

0:00It's April 18th. This is Dallas News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. A Houston man named Cody Williams just got hit with five years in federal prison for leading a wild ATM burglary ring called Hook and Chain. This 27-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank theft and the crimes ran from June 2020 to June 2024 across Texas and Arizona. The crew's signature move was jacking trucks, hooking chains to ATM doors, and yanking them right off to grab the cash inside. Court docs say they pulled off multiple hits, including one at Texas bank on South Preston Road in Prosper, racking up over $400,000. Dollars stolen plus tons of property damage. Williams also has to cough up $71,639 in restitution to make things right. These break-ins hit hard on local banks and businesses. Women communities dealing with the fallout from ripped-up storefronts and lost funds. Meanwhile, just last month, three other guys got busted in White Settlement for a similar

1:04ATM rip from a convenience store, showing this spree was still active till the end. Authorities wrapped this up as part of Operation Take Back America, a big justice department push against violent crime, with help from the FBI, Fort, Worth Police, and Potsboro Police. Another win in keeping these crews off the streets.