4 arrested for robbing man servicing ATM in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Police said four people from Texas have been arrested for robbing an ATM technician as he worked at a bank on Thompson Lane on Monday morning.

Police said the technician was servicing a Bank of America ATM at 645 Thompson Lane at 10:40 a.m. when two of the defendants approached him from behind and told him not to do anything and hand over the money.

The suspects, Darius Dugas, 27, Sashondre Dugas, 32, Christopher Alton, 27, and Ladesion Riley, 30, are all from Houston, Texas. They were arrested at a Dickson motel.

Police said two of the defendants approached the technician. Detectives determined that one of the getaway vehicles, a Hyundai Elantra, had been rented from Hertz. Using information from Hertz, detectives, with assistance from Metro Police and Tennessee Highway Patrol aviation units, saw the Hyundai and a maroon Jeep that accompanied it parked at the Motel 6 in Dickson.

Detectives watched as what appeared to be cash was loaded into the Jeep. When the Dugas couple and Riley pulled away from the motel in the Jeep, and as Alton drove away in the Hyundai, Dickson Police moved in with assistance from Metro Police and the FBI. The vehicles pulled over and the four were taken into custody without incident. Authorities recovered the stolen money.

Metro Police said the four are being charged federally. The FBI is trying to determine whether they committed similar robberies elsewhere.

Copyright 2022 WSMV. All rights reserved.