Saudi native deported following threats at Muncie store
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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 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.
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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.
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Information from: The Star Press, http://www.thestarpress.com