Man sentenced for using stolen excavator in Happy Valley ATM heist

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – One of the two men accused of using a stolen excavator to break into a Happy Valley ATM has been sentenced, the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Thirty-three-year-old Matthew

Evan Armour pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated theft, two counts of criminal mischief and two counts of unauthorized use of a vehicle, officials said.

On Friday, Armour was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison with other charges dismissed as part of his plea deal — including conspiracy to commit a Class B felony, possession of a stolen vehicle and criminal mischief.

The case goes back to the early morning of June 23 when Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a U.S. Bank branch on Southeast Sunnyside Road.

On the scene, authorities found a running excavator abandoned near the ATM drive-through, according to the District Attorney’s Office, noting the suspects – identified as Armour and 51-year-old Kevin Owen Miller— used the arm of the excavator to destroy the ATM’s housing and damage the bank building before fleeing the scene.

Investigators said more than $58,000 was taken.

Armour was arrested July 11 while leaving the parking lot of an apartment complex in Happy Valley, authorities said, noting Armour was released from prison about three months before the ATM theft after being charged with two counts of unauthorized use of a vehicle charges.

Meanwhile, the second suspect in the case, Kevin Miller, was arrested July 12 and is being held in Clackamas County Jail ahead of his October 10 trial.

In January, Miller was indicted in Clark County, Washington and is accused of committing a similar ATM break-in and is charged with burglary, theft, possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of a controlled substance.