SOUTH BEND—United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Isaiah C. Fisher, 34, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced today in federal court by Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr for robbery of a credit union.

Fisher was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release and ordered to pay $11,460.00 in restitution.

According to documents in the case, on April 16, 2015, at around 10:49 A.M., Fisher entered a credit union located in Michigan City, Indiana, jumped over a teller counter and announced that the place was being robbed. Fisher told police that he carried a box cutter into the Credit Union and fashioned the covering over the box cutter to resemble a firearm. The funds of the institution are insured by the National Credit Union Administration, a federal entity. The total amount of loss reported by bank personnel was $11,460.

This case was the result of an investigation by Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Michigan City Police Department. The case was handled by the Assistant United States Attorney William T. Grimmer.