FBI PRESS RELEASE

Detroit Field Office                                                                           

 

 

FBI * 477 Michigan Ave., 26th Floor * Detroit, MI  48226 * www.fbi.gov

 

 

For Immediate Release

Date: July 25, 2006

Contact:  SA Dawn M. Clenney

(313) 237-4206

Daniel D. Roberts, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Detroit, Michigan, announces the arrest of Dwight Errol Finley, age 57, also known as the "Dapper Bandit". Finley was arrested without incident on Monday, July 24, 2006, around 11:30 a.m., on Glendale Street in Detroit, Michigan by the FBI, the Detroit Police Department Financial Response Team, and the Violent Crimes Task Force.

Finley is believed to be responsible for sixteen (16) bank robberies in Wayne and Macomb County between March 17, 2006 and July 20, 2006. He is being transferred to FBI custody today and will appear before a federal magistrate this afternoon for his initial appearance in the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan.

SAC Roberts would like to take this opportunity to thank the Detroit Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.