Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
of Wisconsin, announced that on November 22, 2019, Jason G. Burgett (age: 43)
of West Allis, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court in Green Bay and entered a
guilty plea to a charge of bank robbery in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Section
2113(a).
In pleading guilty, Burgett acknowledged that he was
responsible for the following robberies or attempted robberies in Wisconsin and
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: the Farmer’s State Bank in Fremont, Wisconsin,
on June 3, 2019, the attempted robbery of the Northern United Federal Credit
Union in Escanaba, Michigan, on July 5, 2019, the Stephenson National Bank and
Trust in Pembine, Wisconsin, on July 8, 2019, and the Citizen’s Community
Federal Bank, in Lake Hallie, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2019.
Following the robbery in Lake Hallie, Burgett led police on
a high-speed chase which ultimately ended in his arrest. At that time, he was found to be in
possession of approximately $16,000 taken from the Citizen’s Community bank, a
BB-gun consistent in appearance with the suspected firearm used in the
previously mentioned robberies, a ski mask, gloves, and a mesh bag.Burgett was
previously prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Milwaukee in 1998 and
1999 for armed bank robberies. He served 132 months in federal prison for those
crimes.
The charge to which Burgett pled guilty carries a maximum
sentence of 20 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and up to 3 years of
supervised release. Burgett is scheduled to be sentenced on February 18,
2020. He will remain incarcerated
pending that hearing.
The case was investigated by the Grand Chute Police
Department, the Eau Claire Police Department, the Fond du Lac Police
Department, the Janesville Police Department, the Appleton Police Department,
the De Pere Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is
being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel R. Humble.
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