America
Indian-origin man charged with robbery in Texas
Houston, July 11
An Indian-origin man has been
charged with robbing a pawn shop and a restaurant in Utah state, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Friday.
Manmeet Singh
Bhatia and an accomplice, Marc Conrad Kammerman, allegedly held up Check
City, which makes loans and cashes checks, and The Smoke Shop, a
barbecue restaurant, in Salt Lake City in May.
A grand jury indicted them on robbery and firearms charges on Wednesday, an FBI press release said.
While
Indian-origin people who are involved in crimes in the US are usually
mixed up in white collar offenses like fraud and insider trading, and
with domestic violence, it is rare for them to accused of robbery.
An
Indian-origin nurse achieved notoriety as the "Bombshell Bandit" in a
string of bank robberies across three states. In April she was sentenced
to five years in a federal prison.
The 24-year-old Sandeep Kaur
robbed banks California, Arizona and Utah last year without actually
having a weapon but using threatening notes to make bank clerks believe
she was armed. She was finally captured in Nevada after a high-speed
chase that began in Utah and raced through Arizona reaching speeds of
200 kilometers.