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'Route 91 Bandit,' Responsible For 14 Bank Robberies In 4 States, ID'd As Chicopee Man: Feds
The saga of the "Route 91 Bandit," an armed robber that FBI agents said robbed 14 banks stretching from Western Massachusetts to Vermont starting in September 2021, has played out like a Hollywood screenplay, and now investigators say they have identified their leading man.
Taylor Dziczek, 30, of Chicopee, was arrested Thursday, Dec. 1, in connection with the more than year-long robbery spree that stretched across four states, the FBI said in a news release. A judge ordered him held without bail in Hartford, Conn.
The story of Dziczek's capture began in May.
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Duo Nabbed For Robbing People's United Banks Inside CT Stop & Shop Supermarkets
Two Connecticut men have been arrested for allegedly carrying out multiple robberies this summer at People’s United Bank branches located in Stop & Shop supermarkets in the state.
Middlesex County residents, Gino Rizzo, age 28, and Jalania Pantano, age 27, both of Middletown, were arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 30 on an indictment charging them with bank robbery offenses, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
The indictment alleges that Rizzo robbed People’s United Bank branches located in Stop & Shop supermarkets in Glastonbury on Saturday, …