Charges in Bank Bombings
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A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted two men Wednesday on charges of bombing banks in Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and Indio in May and June. The nine-count indictment charges Rodney Burl Smith, 34, of Mentone, and Lorenz Vilim Karlic, 33, of Hesperia, of malicious damage and destruction of property by explosives, entering a bank to steal money and using an explosive to commit a felony.
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