Alleged NH Bank Robber Arrested in Tewksbury

A New Hampshire man was arrested in Massachusetts after allegedly robbing a Citizens Bank location inside the Shaw’s Supermarket in Stratham, NH, on Feb. 24.

Seamus Murphy, 32, of Milford, NH, was arrested on Feb. 25, 2015, and charged with felony robbery.

According to police, a man walked into the remote banking location inside the grocery store at 100 Shaw’s Lane at around 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 24, passed a note to a clerk demanding money and made a threat about a weapon, and then, left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The Stratham Police posted an alert for the man on its Facebook site a few hours later, including pictures from the bank, and working in conjunction with the Epping Police and the FBI, began to put together a case against Murphy, according to Stratham Police Chief John Scippa.

A warrant was taken out for Murphy’s arrest and police learned that he might be in the Lowell or Tewksbury, MA, area. Tewksbury Police began checking the area and learned that Murphy had rented a room at the Motel 6 on Main Street, according to The Lowell Sun. Police and a SWAT team were called to the scene and arrested Murphy.

Scippa said the coordination between all of the departments was “an excellent example of cooperation at all levels,” adding that the public “immediately responded” to social media posts and alerts from news outlets about the incident.

Murphy is being held without bail and will be arraigned today in Lowell District Court.

Editor’s note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Stratham NH Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch police report.