NH Bank Robber Gets 51 Months in Prison

CONCORD, NH - Seamus Murphy, 34, of Milford, was sentenced to 51 months in prison in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire for bank robbery, according to a press statement. The Court imposed a term of 51 months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and full restitution to the victim bank. Murphy walked into a Citizens Bank inside the Shaw's Supermarket location Stratham, on Feb. 24, 2015, and gave the teller a note demanding money, according to US Attorney Emily Gray Rice. The teller gave Murphy a quantity of currency and he fled the scene.

Surveillance cameras captured images of the robbery which were broadcast on local news outlets, including Patch.com. Numerous individuals identified Murphy from the photographs and he was apprehended in Tewksbury, MA, the next day, at a Motel 6.

“The Stratham Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation did a great job of tracking this suspect to a neighboring state, successfully apprehending him, and bringing this case to justice,” stated United States Attorney Emily Rice. “Bank robbery, even an unarmed bank robbery, is an inherently dangerous crime that causes great turmoil to its victims. We will continue to work with our state and local partners to vigorously prosecute these serious offenses.”

This case was investigated by the Stratham Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Georgiana L. Konesky.

Murphy has been indicted on a number of other charges, according to reports online.

He was indicted in February 2016 for felony theft by unauthorized taking for allegedly taking a wallet from a woman’s purse on Dec. 20, 2014, in Nashua. In May 2015, he was indicted a felony theft by unauthorized taking for allegedly taking a gold necklace from Marquise Jewelers in Nashua on Dec. 19, 2014.

Murphy was previously convicted in Rockingham Superior Court in March 2003 and Dover District Court in August 2007.