The apparent owners of Sunny’s Discount Tobacco and Beer in Columbia were arrested on a grand jury indictment Thursday for allegedly vending forged or counterfeit goods from the business.
The suspects, Saleem Noorani, 40, and his wife, Robina Noorani, 36, both of 1700 Ridgewood Drive, Columbia, are currently being held in Marion County Jail with no bond. Marion County tax records list the owner of the business as SRS Noorani Inc,, but a store employee said Saleem and Robina Noorani own the establishment.
The indictment states that between April 29, 2009 and Dec. 7 2009 Saleem and Robina Noorani vended forged or counterfeit merchandise from their business located at 350 Broad St. The value of the merchandise exceeded $1,000 in value, the indictment adds.
According to Mississippi Code, the charge is a misdemeanor and punishable by up to three months in jail and a fine up to $500.
If it’s only a misdemeanor then why are they being held without bond?
Racial profiling is the answer. The county probably thinks they’re terrorist. Same thing happened in Bogalusa, LA, and they just seized the items for destruction.
Have these people ever been charged with another crime?
No. Crystal clear record.
When someone, no matter their race, buys and sells counterfit merchanise, please explain how that is racial profiling?
MS Const Art 3 Sect 29 excessive bail shall not be required and “no bail” is prohibited except for capital offenses, such as murder. So what is the explanation?
Counterfit merchandise is the least of items “ALLEGEDLY” sold there… I dunno, I don’t shop there. Just “gossipin’”..
So did the people buying the merchandise know it was counterfeit merchandise or did they believe they were buying the “real” name brand?
please ya ll… they have been botherin sam 4 i dont know how long.. and y do they have his wife she was just working there to help out! who got there kids? something else must of happen?
I don’t know if I would call it “botherin Sam”. Doesn’t that store have a reputation? And if they were indicted, it would seem to me that there was “some” kind of illegal activity going on there.
You csn scratch the comment, as they were never arrested before indictment. Thanks