SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City has indicted a local man who allegedly stole from a dollar store and a jewelry business while armed.
According to court documents, on May 6 of last year, 24-year-old Carlos Anthony Martinez, of Salt Lake City, robbed a Grantsville dollar store employee of money and merchandise while armed with a gun.
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,” says a news release issued Wednesday by the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Utah.
“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.”
Martinez is charged with interference with commerce by robbery, and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. His initial court appearance on the indictment is at 10:30 a.m. Friday in courtroom 8.4. before a U.S. Magistrate Judge at the United States District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City.
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.
