Bank-robbing brother and sister who claimed they were forced into heists by their father given lengthy prison sentences

Hayden Catt, 21, was sentenced to a decade in prison last month while his 19-year-old sister Abigail Catt was give five years

Their father Ronald Scott Catt, 51, was sentenced to 25 years today after accepting a plea deal

A brother and sister who have been jailed for carrying out bank heists with their father claimed that he gave them no choice but to take part.



Hayden Catt, 21, was sentenced to a decade in prison last month while his 19-year-old sister Abigail Catt was give five years after they pleaded guilty to helping their father robbing banks in Houston, Texas last year.



Their father Ronald Scott Catt, 51, was sentenced to 25 years today after accepting a plea deal. In an interview with 20/20, to be aired on Friday, the siblings revealed that their father recruited them for his bank robberies.



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Abigail Catt will spend five years in prison and her brother Hayden got a decade in prison for a Texas bank robbery which they said their father ordered them to

Prosecutors say the father is suspected of five bank holdups by himself before recruiting his children.

The brother and sister said they had always noticed piles of cash around but it wasn't until the family had moved from Portland, Oregon to Texas last year that the truth came out.

Hayden told ABC News: ' That's when he approached me and said, ''Would you be willing to do something to get some money, more illegal than selling drugs?'' And I said, ''Yes.'''

Hayden says he was sent to ask his 18-year-old sister to be the getaway driver.



Abigail added: 'My dad sent my brother to ask me. I mean, it was just…in some way, I was led on, like, this is how I protect them, you know. And these are the only people I have, so....'

The siblings, who lost their mother to breast cancer when they were children, also told the ABC show of the adrenaline-pumping moment that they robbed the bank.

Hayden said that while they were grabbing the money from the vault he was shaking so badly he couldn't get the cash in the bag, while Abigail said her father kept having to remind her not to drive too fast as they fled the scene.

On October 1, 2012, two men entered the credit union on Cinco Ranch Boulevard in Fort Bend dressed in orange traffic vests and dark sunglasses and held up bank tellers at gunpoint.

The younger man wore a fake mustache, while the older man sported a painter's mask. Abigail was waiting outside with the engine running to ensure a quick getaway. They made away with $50,000 in cash.



Scott Catt was sentenced to 25 years in jail today for robbing at least five banks in Oregon and Texas, the latter with the help of his two children

Authorities investigating the robbery linked the vests to those sold at Home Depot and at a branch of the store 14 miles from the First Community Credit Union they found stolen license plates that were linked to a car used in a robbery in Harris County in August.



In that robbery, the two male suspects wore painter masks and overalls as disguises.



'While viewing videotapes at the checkout counters, they identified Hayden and Abby Catt purchasing the vests with their father's debit card,' the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office said. 'Scott Catt was later identified purchasing a painter's mask.'

The most important factor on the vests was the X on the back, which narrowed the search field.



Sheriff's deputies arrest Ronald and Hayden Scott Catt on November 9 at a Katy, Texas apartment and later that day they apprehended Abigail.

Following interviews with the suspects, Fort Bend detectives notified authorities in Oregon where Scott Catt was connected to a string of unsolved bank robberies.





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Read More at: Two siblings who pleaded guilty to helping their father rob a Houston-area bank last year have received prison sentences. A Fort Bend County judge sentenced 21-year-old Hayden Scott Catt to 10 years in prison on Thursday in Richmond, while 19-year-old Abigail Catt got a five-year prison term. Both pleaded guilty to participating in the October 2012 holdup of a credit union in the suburban Houston community of Cinco Ranch. Their father, Ronald Scott Catt, is scheduled for trial Dec. 5. If convicted of aggravated robbery, he could be sentenced to five to 99 years in prison. Prosecutors say the father is suspected of five bank holdups by himself before recruiting his son.Read More at: http://news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/family-outing-robbing-banks-57 Two siblings who pleaded guilty to helping their father rob a Houston-area bank last year have received prison sentences. A Fort Bend County judge sentenced 21-year-old Hayden Scott Catt to 10 years in prison on Thursday in Richmond, while 19-year-old Abigail Catt got a five-year prison term. Both pleaded guilty to participating in the October 2012 holdup of a credit union in the suburban Houston community of Cinco Ranch. Their father, Ronald Scott Catt, is scheduled for trial Dec. 5. If convicted of aggravated robbery, he could be sentenced to five to 99 years in prison. Prosecutors say the father is suspected of five bank holdups by himself before recruiting his son.Read More at: http://news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/family-outing-robbing-banks-5761.shtml

Glamorous Abigail Catt allegedly drove the getaway car for her brother and father as they robbed banks across Oregon and Texas

The siblings pleaded guilty to participating in the October 2012 holdup of a credit union in the suburban Houston community of Cinco Ranch.

In an unusual move, S heriff Troy Nehls allowed the siblings to briefly reunite in Fort Bend, Texas. In an emotional moment, Abigail told her brother that she did not blame him for anything and they said their goodbyes, knowing it would be years before they saw each other again.

However with time served, teenager Abigail could be eligible for parole in 18 months.

Their father blames his life of crime on his drink and drug habits.

He told 20/20: ' A lot of bad choices…were made under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. I'm paying the consequences, and I will pay…My children as well.' Two siblings who pleaded guilty to helping their father rob a Houston-area bank last year have received prison sentences. A Fort Bend County judge sentenced 21-year-old Hayden Scott Catt to 10 years in prison on Thursday in Richmond, while 19-year-old Abigail Catt got a five-year prison term. Both pleaded guilty to participating in the October 2012 holdup of a credit union in the suburban Houston community of Cinco Ranch. Their father, Ronald Scott Catt, is scheduled for trial Dec. 5. If convicted of aggravated robbery, he could be sentenced to five to 99 years in prison. Prosecutors say the father is suspected of five bank holdups by himself before recruiting his son.

Read More at: http://news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/family-outing-robbing-banks-5761.shtml Ronald Catt, 50, robbing the First Community Credit Union in Fort Bend on October 1, 2012

In Facebook pictures Abigail Catt looks far from being a getaway driver in a bank robbery. She will be eligible for parole in 18 months

