New Hampshire Man Gets 52 Months for Five Massachusetts Bank Robberies
A federal judge in Boston sentenced Christopher J. McCormick, 32, of Salem, New Hampshire, to 52 months in prison for robbing five banks in Northern Massachusetts between October and December 2023. The sentence requires him to serve three years of supervised release and pay $4,615 in restitution to the banks.
americanbanker.comBOSTON — A New Hampshire man received a 52-month prison sentence Tuesday in federal court in Boston for a string of five bank robberies across Northern Massachusetts.
Christopher J. McCormick, 32, of Salem, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in December 2024 to five counts of bank robbery. He admitted to robbing branches of Santander Bank in Andover, Lowell, and Lawrence, as well as two branches of TD Bank in Billerica and Lowell, between Oct. 6 and Dec. 21, 2023. The robberies netted a total of $4,615.
The sentence includes three years of supervised release after prison. McCormick must also pay $4,615 in restitution to the victim banks. Prior to sentencing he had been detained since his arrest in late December 2023.
The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. Sentencing occurred before U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and local police departments in the affected cities conducted the investigation.
This marks the latest federal bank robbery prosecution in the District of Massachusetts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has pursued similar cases involving serial robbers in the region over the past two years, typically resulting in sentences between three and seven years depending on the number of institutions targeted and use of weapons or threats.
Bank robbery carries a statutory maximum of 20 years per count under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a).
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