David Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a Massachusetts man was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarala Nagala in Hartford to prison time.
44-year-old Taylor Dziczek was sentenced to 90 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for a bank robbery spree in 2021 and 2022.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between September 2021 and August 2022, Dziczek committed the following 14 robberies and one attempted robbery of banks and credit unions in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire:
- September 9, 2021 Arrha Credit Union, West Springfield, Mass.
- September 20, 2021 American Eagle Credit Union, Enfield, Conn.
- October 4, 2021 People’s United Bank, Brattleboro, Vt.
- October 15, 2021 Webster Bank, East Windsor, Conn.
- October 21, 2021 People’s United Bank, Brattleboro, Vt. (attempt)
- October 22, 2021 Webster Bank, Somers, Conn.
- November 5, 2021 Workers Credit Union, Athol, Mass.
- November 19, 2021 Liberty Bank, Avon, Conn.
- November 20, 2021 Savings Bank of Walpole, Keene, N.H.
- December 16, 2021 Greenfield Cooperative Bank, Montague, Mass.
- January 6, 2022 KeyBank, East Windsor, Conn
- January 21, 2022 Franklin First Credit Union, Greenfield, Mass.
- May 26, 2022 People’s United Bank, Plainville, Conn.
- June 3, 2022 TD Bank, Nashua, N.H.
- August 17, 2022 Liberty Bank, Meriden, Conn.
During each robbery, Dziczek typically turned off his cellphone and drove his car with the license plates removed to the bank or credit union. He then entered the bank or credit union wearing a hooded sweatshirt, surgical mask, and baseball cap, and handed the teller a note demanding cash in large denominations and claiming to have a gun.
During the investigation, Dziczek was identified as a suspect who robbed the Peoples United Bank, located at 117 East Street in Plainville, Connecticut, on May 26, 2022. On that date, Dziczek 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, 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.”
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 Dziczek while he was in the MGM Casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, and retrieved an energy drink can with a black straw from which Dziczek was observed drinking. Laboratory analysis connected DNA found on the straw to DNA found on discarded money wrappers from the Plainville bank robbery.
Dziczek has been detained since his arrest on December 1, 2022. On September 26, 2025, he pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery.
Judge Nagala ordered Dziczek to pay restitution in the total amount of $82,567.
This investigation was conducted by the FBI New Haven Division’s Violent Crimes Task Force, FBI Boston Division, FBI Albany Division, Connecticut State Police, Massachusetts State Police, Athol (Mass.) Police Department, Avon (Conn.) Police Department, Brattleboro (Vt.) Police Department, Chicopee (Mass.) Police Department, East Windsor (Conn.) Police Department, Enfield (Conn.) Police Department, Greenfield (Mass.) Police Department, Keene (N.H.) Police Department, Meriden (Conn.) Police Department, Montague (Mass.) Police Department, Nashua (N.H.) Police Department, Plainville (Conn.) Police Department, Somers (Conn.) Police Department, and Springfield (Mass.) Police Department. The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of Scientific Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation.
This case was 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.
