No contest plea entered in Union County ATM jackpotting theft case

Antoni Jesus Garcia-Cordoba, a 42-year-old Raleigh man, entered a no contest plea in Union County Court on April 14 in a theft case that prosecutors tied to a string of ATM jackpotting break-ins across Snyder, Union and Crawford counties.

The plea came in a case that investigators say involved nearly $100,000 in cash taken from Central Penn Bank and Trust machines. Reporting on the case placed the total at about $97,000 from three locations in the Union County plea matter, while other accounts put the broader theft spree at about $101,000 across four ATMs in Snyder and Union counties, plus a later theft in Titusville, Crawford County.

No contest does not amount to an admission of guilt, but it does mean Garcia-Cordoba acknowledged there was enough evidence for a jury to find him guilty. That shifts the case from investigation toward sentencing and final resolution, with Garcia-Cordoba still being held at Union County Jail on $100,000 cash bail.

State police described the method as jackpotting, a technique used to force ATMs to dispense cash. One account said $43,000 was taken during a five-hour span from three ATMs in Snyder and Union counties, followed the next day by a $58,000 theft in Titusville. The thefts were reported to have occurred between September 30 and October 1, 2025.

Garcia-Cordoba was arrested in Boone County, Missouri, on November 26, 2025, and extradited to Pennsylvania on December 16, 2025 before being arraigned on charges that included felony theft by unlawful taking and being an employee of a corrupt organization. Prosecutors have treated the case as an organized, multi-county theft pattern rather than an isolated break-in.

For Union County, the case carries a practical warning for banks and customers who depend on local cash access. Repeated ATM thefts can leave branches facing security costs, machine downtime and shaken confidence, especially in smaller towns where a single machine may serve a wide area. The Union County filing gives the case a local anchor, but the alleged thefts spread well beyond one county line.