CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced today that Leeland Eisenberg, of Concord, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to one count of bank robbery.
Information based on court filings and statements made at the change of plea hearing established that the Citizen’s Bank located at 875 Elm Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, was robbed by a lone white male on Aug. 2, 2016 at approximately noon. The robber walked into the bank, approached the teller station and handed a teller a robbery note that stated “No alarms. No dye packs. I have a gun and I will shoot you and others if you put a dye pack in. Fill the bag with cash now." The robber was an older white male with dark hair, eyeglasses, and wearing a blue jacket.
A witness in the vicinity of the bank identified the robber as Leeland Eisenberg. The witness had known Eisenberg in the past and recognized Eisenberg as he left the bank. An image of the robber taken by the bank’s security system was distributed to law enforcement. Law enforcement officers familiar with Eisenberg also identified the robber as Eisenberg after reviewing the images.
Eisenberg was arrested by two Manchester officers in the area of the Pine Street Cemetery at that evening. At the time of his arrest he had ten bags of what appeared to be crack cocaine on his person. Subsequent laboratory testing of the material in the bags established it was powder cocaine.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for June 9, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
The case was investigated by the Manchester Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Donald Feith.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
