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Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Yahoo
Bank robber turned crime novelist in custody after 2 more alleged heists
A 41-year-old man from Detroit, a crime novelist with eight published works of fiction to his name, one of which comes out this year, who has spent more than 20 years in federal prison is back in custody after two more alleged heists, according to multiple media reports. In 2005, Dorian Trevor Sykes was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his participation in the Dec. 2002 robbery of a Detroit branch of Fifth Third Bank that netted him and two accomplices nearly $200,000, The Detroit News reported. Some six weeks after his release in 2019, according to the outlet, Sykes robbed two more banks in Oak Park and Warren, two suburban Detroit cities, getting away with barely more than $2,000. He was arrested a day later at a craps table inside Motor City Casino, wearing the same clothes he'd worn while robbing the two banks. Sykes was later sentenced to more than five years in prison for those robberies. It was reportedly during his time in prison that he did most of his writing. 'During the time of his lengthy incarceration, he penned several highly notable street novels, including his Going All Out trilogy,' the 41-year-old's Barnes & Noble bio reads. 'Currently residing in Detroit, Mr. Sykes is constantly working to give the readers new hot material.' Released from prison yet again in Feb. 2024, Sykes didn't immediately return to robbing banks. It wasn't until March 6 of this year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the 41-year-old reportedly walked into Credit Union One in Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit, handed an illegible note to the teller before saying, 'This is a robbery,' and demanding large bills. The teller handed over $10,169 and the suspect fled. In a criminal complaint filed by Matthew Willard, a Sterling Heights Police Officer assigned to the FBI's Macomb County Gang and Violent Crime Task Force, a witness said the robbery suspect fled the area in a black crossover vehicle, possibly a Mercedes. Woman accused in grisly stabbing death of Cal Fire captain captured in Mexico Court records from Oct. 2024 showed Sykes received a traffic citation in a black Mercedes. Additionally, his probation officer – Sykes was on supervised release for his prior bank robberies – confirmed he drove a black Mercedes. Fingerprints pulled from the credit union's front door also reportedly matched Sykes. Six days after that robbery, on March 12, a suspect matching Sykes' description entered a Chase Bank in Lathrup Village, a Detroit suburb, and passed the teller a withdrawal slip that a handwritten note saying, 'Give me all the money. I have a gun. I will kill everyone in here,' before allegedly gesturing to his hip in a suggestion that he was armed. That suspect left the bank with $3,400. Nearby surveillance cameras captured the individual running behind a condo complex and fleeing in a white Rolls-Royce SUV. Cellphone records for Sykes showed his phone used a cell tower near the Sterling Heights bank on the day of the March 6 robbery. Records also showed his phone near the Chase bank on the day of the March 12 robbery, the criminal complaint alleges. Three hours after robbing the Chase Bank, the 41-year-old was tracked by law enforcement to the MGM Grand Casino, where officers spotted him in a white Rolls-Royce SUV. According to the FBI, he fled when officers attempted to pull him over. It's unclear exactly how and where he was taken into custody, but court filings, according to The Detroit News, indicated he was arrested sometime before March 18. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
22-03-2025
- CBS News
Crime novelist charged in 2 Metro Detroit bank robberies
A 41-year-old author who has written at least nine crime novels is facing federal charges in connection with two bank robberies in Metro Detroit. According to a criminal complaint filed at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan earlier this month, Dorian Trevor Sykes is charged with bank robbery and incidental crimes. Charges say the first robbery happened the morning of March 6 at Credit Union One in Sterling Heights, Michigan. A man entered the bank around 11:50 a.m. and allegedly handed a note to a teller. "After the teller was not able to read the note, the subject stated, 'This is a robbery,' and demanded that the teller give him 'big bills,'" the criminal complaint said. The teller allegedly gave the man around $10,169, and the man then left the bank. Police recovered fingerprints at the Sterling Heights bank they think are the man's, and a witness told them an individual matching the man's description possibly drove a Mercedes sedan, charges say. Sykes received a traffic citation in a Mercedes Sedan in October 2024. On March 12 around 4:40 p.m., a man approached a teller at Chase Bank in Lathrup Village, Michigan, and handed the teller a withdraw slip. According to the criminal complaint, the slip said, "Give me all the money… I have a gun… I will kill everyone in here." The man allegedly implied he had a gun by pointing to his right side. Charges say the teller handed around $3,400 to the man, who took the money and left Chase Bank. Surveillance footage from a home near the Lathrup Village Bank allegedly showed an individual matching the man's description running by a condominium complex and getting into a white Rolls-Royce. According to the federal court document, Skyes has been on supervised release since February 2024 for a conviction in a 2020 bank robbery. Sykes' probation officer said he had been staying at the MGM Grand Detroit. Police watching the hotel around three hours after the robbery at Chase Bank found Sykes driving a Rolls-Royce. Charges say the vehicle fled after an officer attempted a traffic stop. Online court records show Sykes was taken into custody on March 18. A phone belonging to Sykes, according to charges, was near both banks around the time of each robbery. Sykes' written works include "King of Detroit," "The Good Life," and "Going All Out."
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Yahoo
Serial bank robber — who dabbles as a crime novelist — allegedly strikes again
A serial bank robber — who dabbles as a fictional crime author and has an affinity for luxury wheels — allegedly knocked off two more financial institutions near Detroit, a year after being released from prison, officials said Wednesday. Dorian Trevor Sykes, 41, was arrested Tuesday and accused of robbing the Credit Union One in Sterling Heights on March 6 and then a Chase branch in Lathrup Village on March 12, according to a criminal complaint written by police officer Matthew Willard, who is assigned to the FBI's Macomb County Gang and Violent Crime Task Force. In the March 6 incident, a man walked into the credit union, handed a teller a note and said, "This is a robbery," according to Willard. The man asked for "big bills" before fleeing in a "black crossover vehicle, possible a Mercedes sedan," with $10,169, the complaint continued. Fingerprints lifted from the credit union's front door matched that of Sykes, who drives a black Mercedes sedan, authorities said Then six days later, a man walked into the Chase location and gave a teller "a withdraw slip, which stated, 'Give me all the money ... I have a gun ... I will kill everyone in here," the complaint stated. "The robber also pointed to his right side, implying that he had a weapon," Willard added. The suspect fled with about $3,400 and surveillance cameras showed him "running behind a condominium complex and" entering "a parked white Rolls Royce SUV." Sykes had been released from prison in February last year and was under federal supervision, officials said. When he's not allegedly robbing banks, Sykes appears to spend time behind the keyboard in his side hustle as an author of crime novels. His works include 'King of Detroit,' 'The Good Life,' 'Going All Out' and 'Born to Die.' His probation officer confirmed that Sykes drove a black Mercedes sedan and cellphone records placed him near the credit union and bank at the times of those robberies, according to Willard. Sykes, who is known to frequent the MGM Grand Detroit, was nearly arrested on March 12 near that casino, officials said. Cell phone pings placed him near MGM that night but when law enforcement moved in on Sykes, he sped away in a Rolls Royce SUV and remained free until his arrest on Tuesday, police said. Sykes made his initial appearance before a judge Tuesday and asked to represent himself in court. Before his release from prison, Sykes had been serving time for two robberies he pulled Aug. 12, 2019. He hit a Citizen's Bank in Warren, getting away with $1,220, before knocking off a Comerica Bank in Oak Park and fleeing with $810. Those robberies happened "just six weeks after being released from a 17-year prison sentence for the same type of behavior" as he was "on federal supervised release when he committed those crimes," Assistant U.S. Attorney Frances Carlson wrote in a 2020 sentencing memo, asking for a 71-month sentence. "Sykes' history paints a troubling and unmistakable picture of a person who has a complete disregard for the law," according to Carlson. This article was originally published on
