Man indicted in deadly bank robbery makes first appearance in federal court

James King Jr.
HAMMOND — A man made his first appearance Wednesday in U.S. District Court on allegations linked to a deadly bank robbery June 11 in Calumet Township, records showed.
James A. King Jr., 24, of Miami, appeared in federal court in Hammond hours after facing a judge in Lake Criminal Court in Crown Point, where he learned his state charges were dismissed.
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Andrew Rodovich scheduled King’s arraignment and detention hearing for June 28.
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Federal prosecutors also advised the court King is eligible for the death penalty, records showed.
King was indicted Thursday in federal court on charges of armed bank robbery and murder resulting from the use and carrying of a firearm during the robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney Tina Nommay said.
Security guard Richard Castellana, 55, of Tinley Park, was ambushed and fatally shot during the robbery at the First Midwest Bank at 1975 W. Ridge Road, authorities said.
Lake County Sheriff’s Department K-9s tracked two suspects and caught one of them, later identified as King, in the woods near 43rd Avenue and Garfield Street in Gary, police said. The location was less than a mile from the bank.
Police found a backpack with about $9,000 in cash and a .40-caliber Glock handgun near where they caught King, who investigators believe was armed with a handgun during the robbery, police said.
A second suspect was arrested Friday, the FBI said.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Aaron Andrade

Age: 27
Residence: Valparaiso
Booking Number(s): 2105164
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aaron Collins

Age: 26
Residence: Indianapolis
Booking Number(s): 2105090
Arrest Date: June 13, 2021
Offense Description: Resisting, possession of methamphetamine
Highest Offense Class: Felony, felony
Alexander Gacsy

Age: 29
Residence: Griffith
Booking Number(s): 2105218
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Aggravated domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allison Witek

Age: 28
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105110
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — endangerment
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Fricker

Age: 45
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105228
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Possession of marijuana, battery, OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony, misdemeanor, misdemeanor
Antonio Campbell

Age: 31
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2105131
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arnold White

Age: 50
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105125
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — endangerment
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ashley Laiter

Age: 30
Residence: Springfield, Illinois
Booking Number(s): 2105142
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Benjamin Johnson

Age: 23
Residence: Matteson
Booking Number(s): 2105112
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Dutton

Age: 44
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105137
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — prior conviction, resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony, felony
Brandon Walker

Age: 35
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2105161
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Beatty

Age: 32
Residence: Winfield
Booking Number(s): 2105215
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Criminal recklessness
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Breyon Lowe

Age: 24
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2105119
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: Possession of marijuana
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Cross

Age: 36
Residence: Shelby
Booking Number(s): 2105235
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Kelly

Age: 50
Residence: Valparaiso
Booking Number(s): 2105139
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Calvin Dilworth

Age: 60
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105166
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — prior conviction
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carla Krol

Age: 19
Residence: DeMotte
Booking Number(s): 2105231
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Possession of methamphetamine
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clyde Delapaz Jr.

Age: 31
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105097
Arrest Date: June 13, 2021
Offense Description: Failure to register as a sex offender
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Wright

Age: 35
Residence: St. Paul, Minnesota
Booking Number(s): 2105244
Arrest Date: June 18, 2021
Offense Description: Robbery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daquan Sidney

Age: 24
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105167
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dara Grady

Age: 44
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2105163
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dardell Summerhill

Age: 47
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2105248
Arrest Date: June 18, 2021
Offense Description: Aggravated domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darryl Jackson Jr.

Age: 26
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2105188
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darwin Pesantez

Age: 29
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2105087
Arrest Date: June 13, 2021
Offense Description: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Burkhardt Jr.

Age: 36
Residence: Cedar Lake
Booking Number(s): 2105156
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Desmond Lewis

Age: 31
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105151
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devian Woods

Age: 22
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105208
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dillan Dehaas

Age: 27
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2105138
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ebony Hamer

Age: 27
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105187
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — with passenger less than 18 years old
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eric Patrick

Age: 33
Residence: Portage
Booking Number(s): 2105175
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Intimidation
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Furlong

Age: 73
Residence: Darien, Illinois
Booking Number(s): 2105108
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Grigsby Jr.

Age: 29
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105230
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Mendoza

Age: 41
Residence: Centerville, Michigan
Booking Number(s): 2105118
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Kikkert

Age: 46
Residence: Munster
Booking Number(s): 2105140
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — endangerment, OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor, misdemeanor
Joey Duncan

Age: 27
Residence: Monee
Booking Number(s): 2105115
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI, battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor, misdemeanor
Jose Cruz Jr.

Age: 49
Residence: Whiting
Booking Number(s): 2105183
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Possession of a syringe or hypodermic needle
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Zambrana III

Age: 25
Residence: Lake Station
Booking Number(s): 2105190
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Portman

Age: 29
Residence: Speedway, Indiana
Booking Number(s): 2105091
Arrest Date: June 13, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Juan Preciado-Saldana

Age: 29
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105242
Arrest Date: June 18, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — endangerment, OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor, misdemeanor
Julio Becera

Age: 36
Residence: Cedar Lake
Booking Number(s): 2105234
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kailyn Vandas

Age: 25
Residence: Cedar Lake
Booking Number(s): 2105247
Arrest Date: June 18, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kyran Gibson

Age: 22
Residence: Munster
Booking Number(s): 2105212
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Nichols

Age: 30
Residence: Griffith
Booking Number(s): 2105103
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mario Hernandez

Age: 27
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2105120
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Michalik

Age: 44
Residence: Cedar Lake
Booking Number(s): 2105143
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mya Jones

Age: 32
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105095
Arrest Date: June 13, 2021
Offense Description: Aggravated battery, domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor, misdemeanor
Myron Pernell

Age: 36
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2105158
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nathaniel Burnett III

Age: 43
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105237
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicole Moulesong

Age: 50
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2105184
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Trafficking with an inmate
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Phillip Carter Jr.

Age: 30
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105178
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Phillip Meece

Age: 49
Residence: Lake Station
Booking Number(s): 2105209
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Resisting, theft, OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony, felony, misdemeanor
Rodney Hyatt

Age: 47
Residence: Valparaiso
Booking Number(s): 2105174
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — prior conviction
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Wiater

Age: 38
Residence: Schererville
Booking Number(s): 2105126
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Seamus Herron

Age: 40
Residence: Munster
Booking Number(s): 2105104
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — endangerment
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sterling Walton

Age: 21
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105141
Arrest Date: June 15, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Steven Bailey

Age: 36
Residence: Michigan City
Booking Number(s): 2105173
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Intimidation, battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony, misdemeanor
Steven McKinney

Age: 52
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2105180
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: Aggravated battery – strangulation, theft, domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony, felony, misdemeanor
Taro Brewer

Age: 62
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105239
Arrest Date: June 18, 2021
Offense Description: Failure to appear
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Teresa Carnahan

Age: 41
Residence: Lake Station
Booking Number(s): 2105194
Arrest Date: June 16, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Terri Golden

Age: 31
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2105107
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI — endangerment, OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor, misdemeanor
Trevor Smaw

Age: 20
Residence: Portage
Booking Number(s): 2105222
Arrest Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyeshia Mahone

Age: 29
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2105106
Arrest Date: June 14, 2021
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Ogden

Age: 24
Residence: Lake Station
Booking Number(s): 2105098
Arrest Date: June 13, 2021
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Published at Thu, 24 Jun 2021 04:00:00 +0000