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Federal Grand Jury In Fort Wayne Returns Indictment

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana


Hammond South Bend Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on July 30, 2013:

Jimmie J. Burnette, Jr., 33, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in a single count Indictment with passing, presenting and uttering, a false and fictitious security on or about March 15, 2011. This charge was filed as a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Tina L. Nommay.

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.
If convicted in court, any specific sentence to be imposed will be determined by the judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Updated April 30, 2015