Former Exeter Resident Gets 63 Month for Robbing Banks

CONCORD, NH - A former Exeter resident has been sentenced in U.S. District Court for bank robberies, according to a press statement.  

Eric Michael D’Aoust, 30, who now lives in Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced on June 16, 2016, to 63 months in federal prison for committing three bank robberies in Manchester in November 2015. 

The defendant, who was identified by bank personnel and through surveillance video, robbed the Granite State Credit Union at 1415 Elm St. on Nov. 9, 2015.  On Nov. 12, 2015, he robbed the TD Bank at 300 Franklin St. and on Nov. 13, 2015, D’Aoust robbed the TD Bank at 1255 South Willow St.  

In the course of each robbery, the defendant entered the bank and passed a note to the teller demanding that the teller give him all the cash in the drawers. He was arrested on Nov. 13, in the area of the TD Bank shortly after the robbery.  At the time of his arrest, the defendant had an amount of money on his person consistent with the amount stolen from the TD Bank.   

In January, 2016, the defendant was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury and on March 8, 2016, D’Aoust pled guilty before United States Chief Judge, Joseph Laplante.

The defendant will be supervised by United States Probation for a period of three years after his release from prison. 

This case was investigated by the Manchester Police Department with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Helen White Fitzgibbon.