A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to a series of bank robberies in Connecticut and New Hampshire. According to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David X. Sullivan, Taylor Dziczek, 43, formerly of Chicopee, Massachusetts, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford.
Court documents and statements revealed that the FBI and state and local law enforcement agencies investigated several bank and credit union robberies between September 2021 and August 2022 across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Authorities determined that the same individual was responsible for these incidents.
Dziczek was identified as a suspect after robbing Peoples United Bank in Plainville, Connecticut on May 26, 2022. During this robbery, Dziczek approached the teller with a note stating: “I have a gun. Don‘t call 911. Don‘t set off any alarms.” When informed by the teller that there was no more money available, he displayed what appeared to be a black firearm from his sweatshirt pocket and said: “Give me all the money,” “I have a gun,” and “Don‘t be a hero.”
After receiving cash from the teller, Dziczek removed some paper money wrappers and discarded them at the scene before fleeing. Detectives from Plainville Police collected these wrappers as evidence.
On October 21, 2022, FBI special agents observed Dziczek at MGM Casino in Springfield, Massachusetts. They recovered a Red Bull energy drink can with a black straw used by Dziczek. Laboratory analysis matched DNA from this straw to DNA found on the discarded money wrappers from the Plainville robbery.
Dziczek was arrested on December 1, 2022.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery and admitted responsibility for additional robberies at Webster Bank in Somers (October 22, 2021), Key Bank in East Windsor (January 6, 2022), TD Bank in Nashua (June 3, 2022), where he pointed what appeared to be a black pistol at tellers; and Liberty Bank in Meriden (August 17, 2022).
Sentencing is scheduled for February 20, 2026. Dziczek faces up to sixty years in prison and has agreed to pay $82,567 in restitution. He remains detained since his arrest.
The investigation involved multiple agencies including FBI divisions based in New Haven and Boston; state police departments from Connecticut and Massachusetts; local police departments across four states; as well as scientific services provided by Connecticut’s Department of Emergency Services.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel E. Cummings and Stephanie T. Levick are prosecuting the case.
“U.S. Attorney Sullivan thanked the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Districts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont for their close cooperation in investigating and prosecuting this matter.”
