The United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that 38-year-old Jason Badberg, of Avoca, Iowa, was sentenced today for bank theft.

United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Badberg to 24 months’ imprisonment. Upon his release from prison, Badberg will begin a three-year term of supervised release.

Codefendant Clifford Badberg, who is Jason’s father, was sentenced on December 17, 2021, to 42 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. 

During the night of February 15, 2021, Clifford Badberg and Jason Badberg went to the Giltner State Bank in Giltner, Nebraska.  They stole the bank’s ATM machine, loaded it into the back of a pickup truck, and drove away.

Later that night, law enforcement officers located the pickup truck in a rural area near the city of Hordville, Nebraska.  As law enforcement officers closed in on the pickup truck, they saw two men run away.  When officers approached the pickup truck, they observed the ATM in the bed of the pickup. 

Clifford Badberg was found by law enforcement officers a couple of hours later and arrested. Jason Badberg stole a car in Hordville and was later arrested on April 13, 2021. When Jason Badberg was arrested and interviewed by law enforcement, he admitted to his involvement in stealing the ATM from the Giltner State Bank.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.