A former Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to several bank robberies across Connecticut, officials said.

Taylor Dziczek, 43, formerly of Chicopee, Mass., pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Sarala Nagala in Hartford to bank robbery charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Connecticut.

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 that appeared to have been committed by the same individual.

During the investigation, Dziczek was identified as a suspect in the robbery of Peoples United Bank at 117 East St. in Plainville on May 26, 2022. On that date, Dziczek reportedly 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 Oct. 21, 2022, FBI special agents surveilled Dziczek while he was in the MGM Casino in Springfield, Mass., and retrieved a Red Bull 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 was arrested on Dec. 1, 2022, according to officials.

Dziczek pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery and admitted that he committed the Plainville bank robbery, as well as the robberies of a Webster Bank branch in Somers on Oct. 22, 2021; a Key Bank branch in East Windsor on Jan. 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 on Aug. 17, 2022.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 20, 2026 and faces a maximum term of 60 years in prison. Dziczek has agreed to pay restitution in the total amount of $82,567. He has been detained since his arrest.

Stephen Underwood can be reached at sunderwood@courant.com

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