Red Bull may stay in Massachusetts casino leads FBI to man suspected of 14 bank robberies

A can of Red Bull found in a Massachusetts casino led the FBI to a man suspected of carrying out more than a dozen bank and credit union robberies in a year.

According to the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office, law enforcement had investigated 14 bank and credit union robberies and a handful of attempted robberies in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire.

Investigators believe the thefts, which occurred between September 2021 and August 2022, were committed by the same person.

TAMPA POLICE CHIEF RELEASED AFTER BODYCAM VIDEO SHOWS BADGE FLASHING DURING TRAFFIC STOP

Cans of Red Bull energy drinks seen in a Target supermarket.
(Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

CALIFORNIAN MAN CHARGED WITH THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AT POLICE

During one of the heists in Connecticut, Taylor Dziczek, 30, approached a bank teller, brandished a gun and said « Give me all the money, » according to the communicated. He added: « Don’t be a hero. »

After the money was handed over, he threw wrappers of paper money inside the bank and fled, officials said. The police collected the abandoned packaging as evidence.

Dziczek’s abandoned wrappers ended up being the fatal flaw that led to his downfall and eventual arrest.

In May, FBI agents observed Dziczek at the MGM casino in Springfield, Mass., and obtained a can of Red Bull he had been seen drinking, officials said.

A DNA analysis of the straw in the Red Bull can was compared to DNA evidence from the cash wrappers left at the Connecticut bank, federal officials said.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Dziczek was arrested Dec. 1 and charged with bank robbery, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, officials say. The investigation is still ongoing and is being conducted by more than a dozen New England police departments in coordination with the FBI, officials said.