BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced Thursday that a defendant plead guilty Thursday to three counts of robbery in the third degree.
On Dec. 20, 2021, 60-year-old Donald R. Thie stole nearly $1,300 in cash from a Seneca Street bank in Buffalo. Thie passed a note to the teller, which threatened the use of a "dangerous instrument." Thie also gestured to the teller as if he was in possession of a weapon.
On Dec. 27, 2021, Thie stole nearly $1,000 in cash from the same Seneca Street bank and by passing a similar note as the Dec. 20 robbery to the bank teller.
On Jan. 24, 2022, Thie committed a third robbery, this time at a bank on Dorrance Avenue in Buffalo. Thie stole nearly $1,700 in cash by verbally directing the bank teller to give him the money.
Thie will face a maximum of 21 years in prison during his sentencing on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Thie continues to be held without bail.
