Bank Robber Gets 71 Months in Prison

CONCORD, NH — A local bank robber was sentences to six years in prison for robbing a Queen City bank last year, according to a press statement. Ronald Alan Cook, 45, of Manchester, was sentenced to 71 months in prison on Aug. 9, 2016, for robbing the Bank of New Hampshire on Hooksett Road in Manchester last year.

To commit the offense, Cook entered the bank on Nov. 15, 2015, and handed a note to a bank teller that stated, “I have a gun!! Give me all the 100, 50, 20 and 10 now and fast.”

Cook also told the teller, “This is serious give me all your money 50, 100, 20s.”

The teller removed money from her teller drawer and gave it to Cook, who then ran from the bank. A description of the bank robber was broadcast to Manchester police officers. An officer saw Cook riding a bicycle near the bank and detained him because he matched the description of the bank robber. While being questioned by this police officer, Cook admitted that he robbed the bank.