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Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to 2025 Robbery at TD Bank

Michael Cote, 44, pleaded guilty on September 1, 2026, to a bank robbery that occurred on December 11, 2025, in Manchester, New Hampshire.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 1, 2026, 3:56 p.m. ET
CONCORD – Michael Cote, 44, of Manchester, guilty on September 1, 2026, in federal court to a bank robbery that took place at the TD Bank at 300 Franklin Street in Manchester on December 11, 2025, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire. U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe has scheduled sentencing for December 8, 2026. According to court documents and statements made in court, Cote entered the bank shortly before 9:00 a.m. wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and a gray hat, told the teller it was a robbery and that he was armed, and demanded money be put in an envelope. The teller handed him an envelope containing $600 cash and a GPS tracker. Law enforcement tracked him to Bunny's Convenience store on Elm Street, where he had just bought cigarettes with proceeds from the robbery. Cote told Manchester Police officers he had committed the robbery. The charging statute provides a sentence of up to twenty years. The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the investigation with assistance from the Manchester Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Anderson and Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Rombeau.

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