A male fitness model who led authorities on a wild cross-country manhunt following a string of armed robberies in New York and Connecticut has reached a plea deal and is facing 20 years in prison.
David Byers, who has appeared on the covers of romance novels, also agreed to make restitution of nearly $15,000 in wake of the five robberies that took place over a seven-day span earlier this year.
Prosecutors say Byers took $300 from a gas station in Nesconset, Long Island, on April 19, and then grabbed $2,107 from a Chase Bank in Stony Brook the following day. He would later hit a gas station in Greenwich and strike twice at a Chase Bank in the same city, taking more than $12,000. He approached the same teller on both days, telling him during the second robbery, "you know why I’m here."
During at least one of the robberies, he wore a bandana over his face, according to the plea agreement.
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