• Myles Lamar Smith currently being held in Montana

A third man allegedly involved in an ATM burglary which took place in Thayne on February 2, 2025 has been arrested and is awaiting extradition back to Wyoming. According to Captain Brian Andrews with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Myles Lamar Smith was arrested in Dawson County, Montana by the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office.

“He is currently in Montana on multiple felony charges and once he gets done up there he will be extradited for the charges here in Lincoln County.”

According to Dawson County records, Smith has been charged with Fleeing From Or Eluding a Peace Officer and Criminal Endangerment. He is currently being held on a $76,035 bond.

Smith joins Billy Chavis of Fresno, Texas and Demarcus Thomas of Houston, Texas as having been charged in the burglary where they allegedly used tow hooks and a chain connected to a Ford F-250 pickup, causing extensive damage to the ATM machine. The men made off with cash cassettes and fled to an awaiting vehicle, abandoning the pickup. It was determined that the abandoned vehicle was stolen from a residence in Afton.

A second Ford F-250 was also stolen from a Thayne residence that same morning which was later found stuck in the snow at the church a short distance from the bank. These incidents took place on February 2, 2025.

The investigation was aided by an officer from the Montpelier Police Department who contacted local investigators after the MPD had responded to a suspicious person who they believed to be related to the ATM burglary.

The two men have been processed through Circuit Court and have been bound over for District Court and awaiting further court proceedings according to Andrews.

Captain Andrews said that the investigation has not yielded any additional suspects at this time.

Sheriff Shane Johnson noted in an April interview with SVI that the investigation is ongoing and that there is reason to believe there may be connections to a similar incident which took place on November 5, 2024 in Alpine where a Bank of Star Valley ATM was damaged and burglarized in a similar fashion. Johnson stated that there is belief that they are related to similar ATM burglaries throughout the country.