An Abington man was sentenced last week in federal court in Boston for robbing three Boston-area banks.

John Soule, 53, was sentenced to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay approximately $58,551 in restitution. Soule pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery in July 2018. Soule was arrested and charged in September 2017 and has been detained since.

Soule entered an Eastern Bank branch in Cambridge on July 12, 2017, where he jumped over the teller’s counter, stated that he had a knife and demanded the bank’s money. The tellers gave Soule money from their drawers and Soule left with $12,940.

Soule entered a branch of Webster Bank on Franklin Street in Boston on Aug. 9, 2017, and announced a robbery. He again jumped over the tellers’ counter and demanded the bank’s money. The tellers complied and Soule left the bank with $3,137.

One month later, on Sep. 8, 2017, Soule entered a branch of Rockland Trust on Quincy Street in Quincy, where he approached a teller demanding money and then jumped over the counter and entered the bank’s vault. A post-robbery audit determined that Soule stole over $42,000 during the robbery.

Video surveillance cameras outside of all three banks captured images of Soule on a mountain bike moments before and immediately after the robberies.

Throughout the investigation, law enforcement received various tips and information that Soule was the person responsible. Soule was located and arrested with over $8,000 in his possession on Sept. 29, 2917. Soule later admitted his involvement in the robberies.