United States Attorney David Capp

Northern District of Indiana

M01-204 S. Main Street

South Bend, IN 46601

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                         CONTACT: Mary L. Hatton

June 30, 2010                                                                                     PHONE: (219) 937-5500

www.usdoj.gov/usao/inn/                                                                   Fax: (219) 852-2770     

ACTIVITY IN FEDERAL COURT - SOUTH BEND

South Bend, IN—The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on June 9, 2010:

David C. Davis, 29, of Michigan City, Indiana, was charged in a two count Indictment with one count of Possession With Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. These charges were filed as the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration. This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Frank E. Schaffer.

Darrick Wallace, 30, of LaPorte, Indiana, was charged in a one count Indictment with one count of Manufacture of a Controlled Substance. These charges were filed as the result of an investigation the Drug Enforcement Administration. This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Frank E. Schaffer. 

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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