{"id":226590,"date":"2026-04-10T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226590\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:56:11","slug":"man-blamed-crack-for-plantation-bank-robbery-kia-soul-chase-where-prostitute-got-out-feds-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226590\/","title":{"rendered":"Man blamed crack for Plantation bank robbery, Kia Soul chase where \u2018prostitute\u2019 got out, feds say"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANTATION, Fla. \u2014 A man accused of robbing a bank in Plantation on Wednesday and then leading police and deputies on a chase<\/a> in a Kia Soul getaway car \u2015 that ended in a crash in Lauderhill \u2015 is now facing federal charges, according to court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Friday.<\/p>\n

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FBI agents said Tommy Duwayne Dennis, 56, blamed his behavior on crack cocaine.<\/p>\n

According to a federal criminal complaint, Dennis walked in to the TD Bank at 1 N. State Road 7 just before 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and wrote a note on a debit slip reading, \u201cThis is a Robbery give me the money and no one will get hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Investigators said he said nothing as he handed it to a teller, who, in fear for her life, handed him $600 and a \u201cbait bill tracker.\u201d<\/p>\n

The complaint states that the tracker led police to a red Kia Soul<\/a> in the area of Northwest Fifth Street and 31st Avenue in Lauderhill.<\/p>\n

As police watched the vehicle, agents said \u201ca brown bag containing the tracker was thrown from the Kia.\u201c And that\u2019s not all. <\/p>\n

The complaint states that an unknown woman, whom Dennis \u201dlater identified as a prostitute,” got out of the Soul while Dennis \u201ccontinued to flee at a slow rate of speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLaw enforcement officers attempted a traffic stop by initiating emergency lights and sirens. The Kia did not stop or yield to law enforcement,\u201d the complaint states. \u201cLaw enforcement officers conducted a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) on the Kia, but it did not stop. The Kia continued to flee and a second PIT was executed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agents said two law enforcement officers in an unmarked vehicle attempted to block the Kia and Dennis then struck the vehicle. After a third PIT at around 4:52 p.m., Dennis crashed his Kia Soul into a concrete wall at a home at the corner of Northwest 31st Avenue and Second Street.<\/p>\n

Authorities took Dennis into custody and took him to Broward Health Medical Center, where investigators interviewed him, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

The complaint states that Dennis told detectives he \u201cwas smoking crack all day\u201d and \u201clost his judgement and made a mistake,\u201d saying he \u201cwent to the bank to get some money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agents said he also \u201cadmitted to writing the demand note on the deposit slip and throwing the note out of the car prior to police chasing him\u201d and identified himself in CCTV footage from the bank.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear whether Dennis was still in the hospital as of Friday morning; he did not appear in Broward or federal jail records.<\/p>\n

Additionally, his federal court file lists no scheduled hearings. His case has been assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Panayotta Augustin-Birch, who sits in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n

Dennis could face up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted.<\/p>\n

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