Concord Bank Robber Pleads Guilty

CONCORD, NH - Scott Lojko, 40, of Concord, pled guilty to a federal indictment charging him with bank robbery on May 12, 2016, according to U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice.

According to the indictment, statements made in court, and other public records in the case, Lojko robbed a Bank of New Hampshire branch location at 167 N. Main Street in Concord on May 18, 2015.

Lojko approached the teller with a demand note directing her to “relax and act normal” and to hand over “all the money.” The teller complied, providing Lojko approximately $6,090 in bank funds.

"Lojko fled the bank by foot before retrieving his parked vehicle on nearby Court Street," according to Rice. "Concord Police detectives were able to identify Lojko from bank and other surveillance with the assistance of several civilian resources."

A few days later, a search warrant executed at Lojko’s Concord residence led to the recovery of the clothes Lojko wore during the robbery as well as $4,510 in U.S. currency that constituted the remaining proceeds of the robbery.

A federal indictment charging Lojko with bank robbery was returned by a grand jury sitting in Concord on August 21, 2015.

Lojko’s plea agreement includes a binding stipulated sentence of 48 months incarceration, according to Rice. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for August 23, 2016, in front of U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty.

"At that time, the Court will decide whether to accept the plea agreement and impose the agreed-upon period of incarceration, as well as any other conditions of Lojko’s sentence," she said.

Lojko also faces a mandatory restitution order to the Bank of New Hampshire.

The case was investigated by the Concord Police Department with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles L. Rombeau.

According to online reports, Lojko has an extensive criminal history in Massachusetts including warrant arrests in Salem and Lynn. He was also arrested for shoplifting in Salem, MA, in 2010, according to a post on Patch.