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Bank Robber From Fort Wayne Sentenced to Prison

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A Fort Wayne bank robber has been sentenced in federal court.

On Wednesday, 25 year old Charles Seals was sentenced to 19 years of prison along with two years supervised release after pleading guilty to armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence, and assaulting and impeding a postal employee. 

Seals joined Calvin Miller and Brandon Sizemore in robbing the Wells Fargo Bank in Hoagland in December of 2013. They threatened employees with a gun and took money from the bank before leading authorities on a high speed pursuit. 

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