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