Officer Apprehends Alleged Bank Robber Minutes after Robbery

Multiple units responded to Bank of New Hampshire on 705 Hooksett Road in Manchester for a reported bank robbery at 10:20 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2015.

The clerk described the suspect to responding officers, which was broadcasted over the police radio. The suspect handed the bank teller a note demanding cash and did not display a weapon during the robbery. The clerk handed him an undisclosed amount of money before he walked out of the bank, according to Lt. Brian O’Keefe of the Manchester Police Department.

An officer stopped a subject matching the description less than five minutes after the robbery was called in. The subject, Ronald Cook, 44 of Manchester, was on a bicycle in the area of Webster and Oak streets when spotted by the officer.

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The man matched the physical descriptors, so he conducted a field stop and spoke with Cook. The officer determined that Cook was responsible for the bank robbery, so he was placed into custody without incident.