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A respected jeweller has been given a police warning for 'racially offensive' conduct after banning gipsies from his shop in the wake of a series of raids by an Eastern European crime gang. Michael Plant, 62...reacted to the string of thefts with a sign in his shop window reading: 'Sorry, we do not serve Eastern Europeans or Gypsies.' Shortly after posting the sign, he was served with a warning from a senior police officer demanding he take it down, or face prosecution for possible race hate charges.Despite inquiries police have been unable to trace the thieves.... ... 'I've got a...

COLUMBUS—A federal grand jury here has indicted six people, charging each of them with one count of conspiracy and one count of interfering with interstate commerce (Hobbs Act) for the April 3, 2009 robbery of a jewelry merchant in Westerville, in which more than a million dollars worth of jewelry was stolen. Each count is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment. Gregory G. Lockhart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Keith L. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Westerville Police Chief Joseph Morbitzer announced the indictment today. Named in the indictment...