A Rockland man was sentenced Tuesday to six to eight years in prison for robbing Foxborough bank at gunpoint in 2022 and stealing more than $10,000, Norfolk County prosecutors said.
In the hours after the robbery, Louis Paris, 49, bought more than 150 lottery tickets, and later told neighbors he had won $10,000 from a scratch ticket — a claim investigators later determined was false, according to court records.
Paris pleaded guilty Tuesday morning in Norfolk Superior Court to armed robbery and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, according to a statement from Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey.
On Sept. 13 at 1:37 p.m., Paris entered the Bank of America in Foxborough Town Common wearing a blue surgical mask and carrying a gun, the statement said.
He approached the counter, where a teller was helping a customer, and pointed the gun at both of them, according to the statement.
Court filings state he shouted, “You know the drill,” “Don’t you [expletive] move,” and “Give me the money,” before forcing the teller to empty two drawers containing about $10,410 into a blue drawstring bag. He then fled the bank.
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Foxborough police used surveillance footage and witness interviews to identify Paris and his getaway vehicle, a 2008 Mercury Mountaineer. He was arrested without incident at his apartment a week later, according to Morrissey’s statement.
During a search of Paris’s apartment and car, police found cash and 165 lottery tickets, all but seven of which were bought hours after the robbery, the statement said.
Court records further indicate that Paris made three ATM deposits totaling $2,640 on the day of the robbery—a sum that was significantly higher than usual for his account, which had typically been overdrawn and had never held more than $1,000.
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Additionally, neighbors told police that Paris claimed he won $10,000 from a scratch ticket two days after the robbery, but lottery officials said he hadn’t won more than $600 since 2020, court records show.
Paris has two prior bank robbery convictions in federal court and Florida Circuit Court, and was sentenced to five and ten years respectively for those crimes, according to the records.
Rita Chandler can be reached at rita.chandler@globe.com.