Trio Accused Of Cheyenne ATM Theft Face Federal Court Date

Three men accused of stealing money from an ATM in Cheyenne in December will face a March 11 trial in U.S. District Court, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for Wyoming.

Christopher Parish, age 41, London B. Beaudoin, age 19, and Leo Smith, age 20, from Houston, Texas, were arraigned on Jan. 18, according to the release.

CPD spokeswoman Alex Farkas said last month that police were sent to an alarm at 3 a.m. on Saturday, December 2 at UniWyo Federal Credit Union at 5249 Yellowstone Road.

When police arrived, they found a damaged ATM that appeared to be missing cash boxes. An officer followed tire tracks from the scene to the intersection of Education Drive and Manewal Drive and found a Ford F250 truck with a large chain attached to the rear hitch.

The vehicle, which police later discovered had been stolen, was unoccupied in the middle of the street with a punched-out ignition. At the same time, another officer saw a vehicle speeding near the intersection of Central and West 8th Avenue.

The officer turned in his lights and siren and tried to stop the speeding vehicle, a Nissan Murano with four people inside. The car refused to stop, speeding south on Central Avenue with the officer chasing it.

Police conducted a high-risk stop and ordered the three people in the car to get out. The driver, later identified as 41-year-old Christopher Parish, of Houston Texas [above left photo] got out and ran toward the back of the car. Parish ignored police orders to stop, but an officer stopped him using a taser.

Police arrested the two people still in the car, London Beaudoin and 20-year-old Leo Smith of Houston [above middle photo]. Smith was found to have a nationwide extraditable warrant from Tarrant County, Texas for probation revocation on an original charge of ATM theft.

The officer saw a passenger later identified as 19-year-old London Beaudoin, of Houston, Texas [above right], throwing cash boxes out the window of the Nissan. A male passenger got out of the car and ran away. The Nissan then turned onto West 28th Street and hit a curb, making the vehicle inoperable.

At Last Report, The Men Were Being Held By The Marshalls Service

They are being charged with bank theft in federal court.

According to the release, the three defendants are being held by the U.S. Marshalls Service. If found guilty, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.

The case is scheduled to be heard by U.S. District Court Judger Alan Johnson.

Filed Under: bank theft, U-S District Court, U.S. Attorney

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