Members of a Houston-based “jugging” crew are headed to federal prison after prosecutors say they stalked an ATM technician across multiple North Texas cities, then robbed him of roughly a quarter-million dollars outside a Midlothian bank.
According to court records, the crew tailed the technician as he worked his route from Irving through Grand Prairie and Arlington, waiting until he stopped at a Chase branch in Midlothian. There, authorities say, they forced him to the ground and grabbed canisters of cash. Investigators tie the case to a wider, multi-jurisdiction federal probe into a crew they say calls itself the Hiram Clarke Money Team.
WFAA reports that 30-year-old Corey Dashun Holloway was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and Tierra Toneisha Brandyberg received 41 months. Other co-defendants had already been sentenced in earlier proceedings. Prosecutors allege the crew stuffed the stolen cash into a Range Rover and drove it back to Houston after the July 3, 2024 heist, and investigators told the outlet the haul came to about $260,000.
How the feds built the case
Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas outlined the crew’s movements and the subsequent arrests in court filings and public statements. They charged the defendants with interference with commerce by robbery after the July 3 incident and described the Hiram Clarke Money Team as a Houston-based group that routinely travels to other cities to carry out jugging-style robberies targeting cash-heavy victims…