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Hoodlums who burglarized home of dead Marine are arrested
2002-02-11
  • Two Gary men were charged yesterday with burglary for allegedly breaking into the childhood home of a U.S. Marine killed in the Afghanistan conflict while her family was attending her funeral. Joshua Delaine Banks, 19, and Tony Lee Jordan, 20, face two counts each of burglary accusing them of the January break-ins at a Griffith home and the Gary home of Matthew Winters Sr.

    According to a probable cause affidavit, Jordan admitted after his arrest on Tuesday that he drove to Winters' home on Jan. 25 and dropped off Banks and a juvenile, whom he said then burglarized the home. During the burglary, which the family discovered after returning from Jeannette Winters' funeral services, two revolvers and a shotgun were taken from the elder Winters' home. The next day, Banks told a man he had helped burglarize the home of ''the Marine girl''.

    If convicted, each man could face a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. The Post-Tribune of Merrillville reported that at the time of the Winters burglary, Banks was out of jail on bond for a December, 2000, home invasion incident in Gary. He had been released after a judge lowered his bond to $3,000.
    Some crimes are understandable. Others, the words "rat bastards" springs to mind and just kinda blanks out any other thought.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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