A Quincy man may spend 25 years of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to robbing a bank last year — a crime that netted him less than $1,000.

Glenn Legere, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Boston to armed bank robbery for a Dec. 17, 2024 hold-up at a Santander Bank branch in Weymouth.

“I want the money,” Legere allegedly told the only bank teller stationed to help the public before the bank closed at 5 p.m., which was minutes away. “I don’t play.”

Prosecutors said Legere, who has a history of robbing banks along the South Shore, wasn’t satisfied with the $947 in cash from the teller’s drawer and pointed out other cash drawers but the teller showed him they were empty.

Legere has previous convictions for bank robberies in Braintree, Hanover, Duxbury and Plymouth d

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