Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A former Ball State University student accused of threatening shoppers at a Muncie Goodwill store unless they converted to Islam has been deported.
The (Muncie) Star Press reports (http://tspne.ws/2sBq2NQ ) Wednesday that 24-year-old Khalid Sulaiman Bilal was sent back to his native country, Saudi Arabia.
Delaware County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Eric Hoffman filed a court motion this week to dismiss battery, resisting law enforcement and other charges against Bilal because he was deported.
The newspaper reports that police reports and documents filed by Homeland Security say people inside the store were threatened March 25 by a man who "forcefully" tried to convert them to Islam. A store clerk also was choked and threatened with death if she didn't convert.
Bilal told a judge in April that he wasn't a U.S. citizen.
___
Information from: The Star Press, http://www.thestarpress.com
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
