Four alleged Houston gang members convicted in Beaumont ATM robbery conspiracy
BEAUMONT, Texas — Four Houston men, who authorities have described as gang members have been convicted or pleaded guilty in connection with a string of ATM robberies and “juggings” targeting bank technicians and customers in Beaumont during 2024, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Charles Bernard Byrd, also known as “Doughboy,” 34, of Houston, was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and aiding and abetting bank robbery following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Michael J. Truncale. The verdict was reached March 5, 2026. Byrd faces up to 25 years in federal prison at sentencing.
Byrd’s co-defendants, Kendrick Douglas Warren, also known as “Bullet,” 38; Derrick Deshaun Brooks, also known as “D-Brooks,” 36; and Derramy Deonita Foster, 42, all of Houston, pleaded guilty prior to trial.
According to evidence presented in court, the Beaumont Police Department and FBI were investigating a series of robberies targeting ATM repair technicians in 2024.
On Oct. 8, 2024, at about 4:45 p.m., two masked men wearing gloves, later identified as Brooks and Foster, robbed an ATM repair technician in the drive-through of a PNC Bank on Phelan Boulevard in Beaumont. The men pushed the technician aside and removed $153,000 from the machine before fleeing in a black sedan toward Interstate 10. Investigators said the robbery took less than 20 seconds and was captured on security cameras, though no immediate suspects or leads were identified at the time.
A second robbery occurred Dec. 31, 2024, at about 1:15 p.m., when two masked men, later identified as Brooks and Warren, rushed an ATM technician working in the drive-through of Education First Federal Credit Union on Laurel Avenue in Beaumont. The suspects ordered the technician to move, then took $146,000 from the machine before fleeing in a stolen red SUV in less than 20 seconds.
About 15 minutes later, a Beaumont police officer located the abandoned SUV in a nearby parking lot. Although the license plate had been removed, investigators used license plate reader images from earlier in the day to identify the vehicle and discovered it had traveled from Houston to Beaumont with a black 2018 truck registered to Brooks.
Investigators later determined that the same black truck left Beaumont minutes after the robbery, traveling west on Interstate 10 toward Houston. Beaumont police requested assistance from the Houston Police Department’s Criminal Apprehension Team, which located and stopped the truck as it exited I-10 in Houston — about 84 minutes after the Beaumont robbery.
Authorities said Byrd was driving the truck at the time, with Warren and Brooks as passengers. Officers also recovered a bag containing exactly $146,000 in cash, the same amount stolen from the credit union, along with gloves similar to those used in the robbery and a Texas paper license plate matching the one displayed on the stolen SUV earlier that day.
Further investigation revealed the four defendants were members of the “100% Third Ward” gang, also known as the “103 gang,” which operates out of Houston’s Third Ward. Officials described “juggings” as burglaries or robberies that target people leaving banks or financial institutions with cash or valuables.
Prosecutors said evidence showed the group engaged in a broader conspiracy between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024, orchestrating multiple juggings, burglaries, auto thefts and two ATM robberies.
In one incident on New Year’s Eve, the men conducted surveillance at a Chase Bank on Dowlen Road in Beaumont using a black truck to watch the drive-through line. After seeing a customer receive a cash pouch from a teller, the suspects followed her to an H-E-B store, where they waited for her to enter the store before smashing the window of her truck and burglarizing it.
Warren pleaded guilty on Sept. 15, 2025, to conspiracy and bank robbery and faces up to 25 years in federal prison. Brooks pleaded guilty Sept. 16, 2025, to conspiracy and two counts of bank robbery and faces up to 45 years in prison. Foster pleaded guilty Sept. 15, 2025, to bank robbery and faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
The case was investigated by the Beaumont Police Department, Houston Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, Memorial Villages Police Department, West University Police Department, Shiner Police Department and the FBI. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys John B. Ross and Jonathan Lee.
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