A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, has returned an indictment charging Carlos Anthony Martinez, 24, of Salt Lake City, with multiple violent crimes after he allegedly stole from a dollar store and a jewelry business while armed.
According to court documents, on May 6, 2023, Martinez robbed, at gunpoint, a dollar store employee in Grantsville, Utah, of money and merchandise.
On May 26, 2023, Martinez allegedly entered Fred Meyer Jewelers inside Smith’s Marketplace in Bountiful. Martinez carried a hatchet in one hand and a handgun in the other and smashed the top of a glass display case with the hatchet. At this time, an employee confronted Martinez and Martinez pointed the handgun in the employee’s direction. Martinez stole jewelry and ran out of the store, leaving the hatchet on the display case. Bountiful Police officers responded to the scene and searched for Martinez.
Martinez was arrested April 15, 2024, following a signed arrest warrant by the court. He is now facing charges of interference with commerce by robbery and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
U.S. Attorney Trina A. Higgins of the District of Utah made the announcement. The case is being investigated jointly by an FBI Task Force Officer with the Salt Lake City Police department, investigators from the Department of Public Safety State Bureau of Investigation, and other officers from the Utah Highway Patrol and Bountiful Police Department.
Assistant United States Attorney Carlos A. Esqueda of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah is prosecuting the case. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence in communities.
Martinez is scheduled to appear in court on April 26, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. in courtroom 8.4 before a U.S. Magistrate Judge at the United States District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City. Martinez is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.”
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Key Facts
- State: Utah
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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