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Taylor Dziczek Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery Charges in Connecticut
A Massachusetts man, Taylor Dziczek, 43, formerly of Chicopee, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to bank robbery charges.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Taylor Dziczek robbed several banks and credit unions between September 2021 and August 2022 in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire, including the Peoples United Bank in Plainville, Connecticut, on May 26, 2022.
During the investigation, Taylor Dziczek was identified as a suspect who robbed the Peoples United Bank, located at 117 East Street in Plainville, Connecticut, on May 26, 2022. He entered the bank, approached the teller counter, and gave the teller a note stating words to the effect of, ‘I have a gun. Don‘t call 911. Don‘t set off any alarms.’
When the teller stated she did not have any more money, Taylor Dziczek pulled what appeared to be a black firearm from the front pocket of his sweatshirt and made additional statements including ‘Give me all the money,’ ‘I have a gun,’ and ‘Don‘t be a hero.’
Taylor Dziczek removed some of the paper money wrappers from the money he received from the teller and discarded them at the bank before he fled the scene. Plainville Police detectives collected the discarded money wrappers as evidence.
On October 21, 2022, FBI special agents surveilled Taylor Dziczek while he was in the MGM Casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, and retrieved a Red Bull energy drink can with a black straw from which Taylor Dziczek was observed drinking. Laboratory analysis connected DNA found on the black straw to DNA found on discarded money wrappers from the Plainville bank robbery.
Taylor Dziczek pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery and admitted to committing the Plainville bank robbery, as well as the robberies of a Webster Bank branch in Somers, Connecticut, on October 22, 2021; a Key Bank branch in East Windsor, Connecticut, on January 6, 2022; a TD Bank branch in Nashua, New Hampshire, on June 3, 2022, during which he pointed what appeared to be a black pistol at the tellers; and a Liberty Bank branch in Meriden, Connecticut, on August 17, 2022.
Judge Nagala scheduled sentencing for February 20, 2026, at which time Taylor Dziczek faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 60 years. Taylor Dziczek has agreed to pay restitution in the total amount of $82,567.
Taylor Dziczek has been detained since his arrest.
This investigation has been conducted by the FBI New Haven Division’s Violent Crimes Task Force, FBI Boston Division, FBI Albany Division, Connecticut State Police, Massachusetts State Police, and several other state and local law enforcement agencies.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel E. Cummings, and Stephanie T. Levick. U.S. Attorney Sullivan thanked the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Districts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont and for their close cooperation in investigating and prosecuting this matter.
Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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