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FEBRUARY 14, 2013
One case, at the record's size: the twenty-first century's Fort Wayne bank robberies belong, as the main Crime section rules, to the Current section's public-safety record, and they are not catalogued here. One modern case enters because the federal court made it a landmark of its kind. On February 14, 2013, Christopher Seals, 24, of Fort Wayne, robbed the PNC Bank in Fort Wayne with a dangerous weapon. Convicted of armed bank robbery, of using a firearm during a crime of violence, and of being a felon in possession of a firearm, he was sentenced in the Northern District of Indiana to 272 months in federal prison — more than twenty-two years — with restitution of $96,534.37. The investigating agencies the Justice Department named are the measure of how the work is done now: the FBI, the Northeast Indiana Federal Bank Robbery Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Fort Wayne Police Department.
Sources:
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana, "Week in Review — Fort Wayne" (justice.gov) — Christopher Seals: the Feb. 14, 2013 PNC Bank robbery; the counts of conviction; the sentence of 272 months, two years of supervised release, and $96,534.37 restitution; the investigating agencies.