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Convicted bank robber sentenced to 12 years
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
A Fort Wayne man was sentenced Thursday to nearly 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to bank robbery and brandishing a gun during the March 2020 crime.
Paul Carter, 45, was convicted of robbing the Three Rivers Federal Credit Union on East State Boulevard the morning of March 13, 2020, wearing an orange traffic vest and mask and armed with a black handgun, the U.S. Attorneys Office for Indiana s northern district said.
U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady sentenced Carter to 141 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release.
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