Third bank robbery since 2018 sends drug-addled bandit to prison for 8 years
Dennis Lee Burger hit a Macatawa Bank branch in September; he said he needed to pay a debt of $1,400 for drugs and prostitutes, records show.
Credit: Kent County Jail
Dennis Burger went to prison for two 2018 bank robberies, he’s returning to prison for a third robbery. Author: John Hogan Updated: 3:36 PM EST February 19, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A man who said he robbed a Grand Rapids bank of about $1,500 to pay for drugs and prostitutes was sentenced this week to eight years in federal prison.
A federal judge also ordered Dennis Lee Burger to pay $1,558 in restitution for what was taken from Macatawa Bank during the robbery five months ago.