E. Ross Adair Federal Building & United States Courthouse 1300 South Harrison Street, Room 3128 Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3489 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mary L. Hatton
August 27, 2007 PHONE: (219) 937-5603 Fax: (219) 852-2770
Fort Wayne, IN—The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on August 22, 2007:
THOMAS CARR, age 44, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was charged in a single count Indictment with failure to register as a sex offender in July 2007. This charge was filed as the result of an investigation by the United States Marshal’s Service. This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley Miller Lowery, who can be reached at (260) 422-2595 for any inquiries.
ROBERT DAWSON, age21, of Gary, Indiana, was charged in a single count Indictment with armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting on December 12, 2006. This charge was filed as the result of an investigation by the Federal Bank Robbery Task Force, comprised of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Indiana State Police, Allen County Police Department, Fort Wayne Police Department, New Haven Police Department and the United States Marshals Service and the Allen County Sheriff’s Department. This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley Miller Lowery, who can be reached at (260) 422-2595 for any inquiries.
The specific sentence in each case to be imposed upon conviction will be determined by the judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
The United States Attorney's Office emphasized that an Indictment is merely an allegation and that all persons charged are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.
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