Also tried to rob marijuana store
By VDC staff
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for a 2024 crime spree that included two bank robberies in Vermont and an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary, federal prosecutors announced.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont said that on September 30, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss to 74 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Boisvert, who pleaded guilty on June 10, 2025, to one count of bank robbery, also admitted to committing a second bank robbery and an attempted robbery of a dispensary, all on August 26, 2024.
Prosecutors said that Boisvert and his co-conspirator, Meghan Cox, 40, of Laconia, New Hampshire, first attempted to rob a marijuana dispensary before Boisvert went on to rob TD Bank in Bellows Falls and Brattleboro Savings & Loan in Brattleboro. During the robberies, Boisvert was masked, appeared to be armed, and stole about $7,500, threatening bank tellers and their families with violence.
After the final robbery in Brattleboro, Boisvert led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through rural Vermont roads before abandoning his truck in a business parking lot. Once back in New Hampshire, Boisvert and Cox tried to mislead investigators by falsely reporting the truck stolen and claiming they had been hiking all afternoon.
Court records show Boisvert had an extensive criminal history, including multiple arrests and convictions for armed robberies between 2012 and 2023.
Cox pleaded guilty on June 12, 2025, to her role in the dispensary conspiracy and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 20, 2025.
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael P. Drescher commended the joint efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Vermont State Police, the Brattleboro and Bellows Falls. Police Departments, and several agencies from New Hampshire and Massachusetts for their work in the investigation.