A Manchester man, Jesse Hippolite, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for bank robbery. The sentencing was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack.
Hippolite, aged 37, received a 60-month sentence from U.S. District Judge Paul J. Barbadoro after pleading guilty on April 22, 2025, to one count of bank robbery.
“The defendant is a prolific bank robber with a long history of victimizing bank employees to line his own pockets,” stated Acting U.S. Attorney McCormack. “His choices have made him a danger to the public, and thanks to the efforts of law enforcement, he will spend the next five years in federal prison.”
Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division, commented on Hippolite’s criminal activities: “Jesse Hippolite was a crime spree unto himself, robbing a dozen banks before this one. This sentence nips his burgeoning bank robbery career in the bud and holds him accountable for menacing innocent people who are just trying to make an honest living.”
Court documents reveal that Hippolite has previous convictions for robbery in New York and had engaged in multiple robberies there in 2011. Although unarmed during these incidents, he used threatening notes to demand money.
After being released from federal prison in February 2023 and moving to New Hampshire under federal supervised release, Hippolite robbed a credit union in Manchester in February 2025. Disguised and unarmed, he passed a note demanding $100 bills without dye packs and managed to steal $3,139 before fleeing.
The investigation was led by the FBI and Manchester Police Department with assistance from the U.S. Probation Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander S. Chen prosecuted the case.
