Massachusetts Man Admits Robbing Banks In Somers, Elsewhere: Feds

SOMERS, CT — A Massachusetts man implicated in a bank robbery in Somers has entered a federal plea.

David X. Sullivan, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, said that announced that Taylor Dziczek, 43, formerly of Chicopee, MA, 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, the FBI and state and local law enforcement investigated a series of robberies of banks and credit unions that occurred between September 2021 and August 2022 in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, and that were committed by what appeared to be the same individual. According to case records, during the investigation, Dziczek was identified as a suspect who robbed the Peoples United Bank, located at 117 East Street in Plainville, 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, according to case records.

According to case records, 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" and "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, according to case records. Plainville Police detectives collected the discarded money wrappers as evidence, Sullivan said.

On Oct. 21, 2022, FBI special agents on a surveillance detail noticed Dziczek drink a Red Bull beverage while he was in the MGM Casino in Springfield, and retrieved the can and straw, according top case records. Laboratory analysis connected DNA found on the black straw to DNA found on discarded money wrappers from the Plainville bank robbery, Sullivan said

Dziczek was arrested on Dec. 1, 2022.

He then pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery and admitted that committed the Plainville bank robbery, as well as the robberies of a Webster Bank branch in Somers, on October 22, 2021; a Key Bank branch in East Windsor on January 6, 2022; a TD Bank branch in Nashua, NH, 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 on Aug. 17, 2022.

Judge Nagala scheduled sentencing for Feb. 20, 2026, at which time Dziczek faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 60 years.

Dziczek has agreed to pay restitution in the total amount of $82,567, Sullivan said.

Dziczek has been detained since his arrest.