A man accused of helping rob a South Omaha Wells Fargo ATM of roughly $220,000 has pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge, months after he and two co-defendants were pulled over on Interstate 80 with cash and evidence from the heist still in their vehicle. Kendris Boston entered the guilty plea Monday after withdrawing an earlier plea, and he’s now scheduled to be sentenced on January 21, 2027.
Boston pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery, according to KETV, which first reported the plea. He was identified as one of three men accused of carrying out ATM robberies nationwide, and the station reports he was taken into custody in Lancaster County alongside co-defendants Kaleb Tshibangu and Jacob Wallace Jr.
The South 24th Street Ambush
The robbery unfolded on January 7, 2026, when Omaha police officers responded to a Wells Fargo ATM near South 24th and L streets, per the same KETV account. An ATM technician told officers he was in the middle of maintaining the machine when two men shoved him aside and made off with cash, a confrontation that fits a pattern federal investigators have tied to Boston before.
A prosecutor said the men took about $220,000 from the ATM’s internal cash cassettes before fleeing, the station’s report notes. The robbery took place near South 24th and L streets in South Omaha, according to the Omaha Police Department.
Interstate 80 Stop Recovers the Cash
Lincoln police stopped the suspects’ vehicle on Interstate 80 and found evidence of the robbery inside, according to Omaha police. More than $140,000 was found in the vehicle, and authorities believed the money came from the Omaha robbery. The interdiction unit included the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and Lincoln Police Department, and the stop was near I-80 and 56th Street, per B107.3. Tshibangu and Wallace Jr. were also taken into custody in Lancaster County…