• Miles Smith given five to eight years in prison

The third and final sentencing has taken place in relation to an ATM burglary that occurred at the Bank of Star Valley Thayne Branch in February 2025. Miles Lamar Smith of Houston, Texas was sentenced October 13 in Lincoln County District Court to a total of five to eight years in prison for Felony Conspiracy to Commit Theft. In addition he was ordered to pay $12,105 in restitution to the Bank of Star Valley and $753 to Suloff’s Towing.

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The prison sentence matches those previously given to Billy Chavis and Demarcus Thomas, both from Texas, in December 2025. Smith’s charges were postponed in Lincoln County because he was held in Dawson County, Montana where he faced felony charges of Fleeing From or Eluding a Peace Officer and Criminal Endangerment.

The Thayne ATM incident took place on February 2, 2025 when the three men reportedly stole cash from the Bank of Star Valley’s Thayne ATM using a stolen Ford F-250 pickup, taken from a residence in Afton,  connecting the truck to the ATM with tow hooks and a chain. A second Ford F-250 was also stolen from a Thayne residence that same morning, which was later found stuck in the snow at a church a short distance from the bank.

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