Man Accused Of Robbing Peabody Bank Considers Plea Deal

PEABODY, MA -- The man accused of robbing a Peabody bank and then fleeing in a taxi in June would serve at least 3 1/2 year in prison under a plea agreement. Leo Willwerth, 32, was in court Thursday for a hearing in which his attorney asked a judge to allow the sentence from the Peabody robbery to run concurrently to a sentence handed down in Suffolk Superior Court earlier this month.

According to the Salem News which first reported this story, Wilwerth will be back in court Dec. 5 to decide whether he will accept the deal to plead guilty to armed robbery and a bomb threat. Wilwerth has a history of robberies, including a 2014 robbery of a New Hampshire bank in which he also claimed to have a bomb. Leo Willwerth, 32, of East Boston, was arrested after Massachusetts State Police followed the taxi cab he was riding in with a helicopter.

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2014 booking photo of Leo Willwerth by Seabrook, NH Police