Homeless Man Faces Bank Robbery, Theft Charges In Concord

CONCORD, NH — A homeless man accused of robbing a downtown bank in August was involved in another robbery six years ago that was dropped due to competency, according to court records.

Around 4 p.m. on Aug. 22, officers were sent to the TD Bank on North Main Street for a bank robbery. Dispatch told responding officers a man entered the bank, showed his phone to a teller, and demanded $10,000.

“I am a very important man,” the message reportedly stated, “take 10k and put it in an envelope and nobody gets hurt.”

The man then left the bank with the money, an affidavit said.

A description was radioed out to officers, and about four minutes later, an officer spotted a man matching the description of the suspect outside of the Concord Public Library on Green Street, mere feet from the police station.

The suspect, William M. Cropsey, 33, a homeless man now located in Concord, was accused of having “a large sum of cash that was visible from his pants pocket,” an officer wrote.

An officer at the bank reviewed surveillance footage of the suspect and “was able to positively identify” Cropsey as the man accused of robbing the bank, the report said.

The reporting officer interviewed bank employees, and they accused Cropsey of hanging around the bank, asking if a public bathroom was available, and saying he was waiting for someone, the report said. One employee asked if she could help him find the “somebody” he was waiting for, but Cropsey ignored her, the affidavit said.

An employee accused Cropsey of taking out his cellphone and showing her the message, the report said. He was then given $100 bills wrapped with specific numbers that were placed in a TD Bank bag, the affidavit said. After he exited the building, police were called, and employees watched where he was going so officers could track him down, the report said.

A detective took custody of Cropsey. At police headquarters, they noted the bands of $100 bills matched the numbers reported by a bank employee. The reporting officer accused Cropsey of saying, without being questioned, “I told you a thousand times on the road, I did it, why can’t you just let me go?”

Police accused him of being uncooperative during booking, so he was taken straight to the county jail.

Cropsey’s $10,000 cash bail was converted to personal recognizance later. But it also required to be committed to the New Hampshire Hospital as part of the bail agreement.

Cropsey was accused of robbery, driving after revocation or suspension, disobeying an officer-false information, and stalking charges after an incident in Moultonborough in August 2016, court records stated. He was indicted on the charges a few months later. In January 2017, a competency hearing was held, and the outcome of the hearing was sealed. Cropsey was also given a psychiatric evaluation in March 2017. On Aug. 31, 2017, the charges were nolle prossed due to competency.

On Aug. 30, attorneys for both the prosecution and the public defender’s office requested documents from the previous case, including evaluations, motions, and other documents relating to competency.

On Sept. 15, records noted, a “refused to participate-no show letter” was received by the court connected to the case.

Cropsey is back in Merrimack County Superior Court on Oct. 24 for a competency hearing.

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