The alleged robber shot by a clerk in an August stickup at a Verizon Wireless store in Inver Grove Heights has been indicted in federal court.

Jamaal Marquie Mays, 32, of Crystal, was charged last month with one count each of interference with commerce by robbery; using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Mays is in federal custody awaiting trial; he pleaded not guilty to the charges at an Oct. 25 hearing in federal court in Minneapolis.

Because of the federal indictment, a robbery charge and two weapons violations previously filed in Dakota County District Court against Mays have been dismissed.

Federal convictions come with stiffer sentencing guidelines and require that prisoners serve a minimum of 85 percent of their sentences behind bars. In Minnesota, the guidelines call for 67 percent.

Inver Grove Heights police Lt. Joshua Otis said Thursday that local, state and federal investigators continue to work on identifying the second suspect, who fled the area in a minivan following the Aug. 17 robbery. The investigation includes the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Minneapolis and St. Paul police. Related Articles Maplewood police asking for help in fatal pedestrian hit-and-run Saturday night

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The minivan was recovered by St. Paul police Aug. 28, and investigators are awaiting results from evidence submitted to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Otis said.

According to the Aug. 28 Dakota County charges:

Mays and the second suspect entered the store — The Cellular Connection, at the northeast corner of Concord Boulevard and Cahill Avenue — just before 11 a.m.

Mays allegedly pointed a .45-caliber handgun at a clerk’s head and told him to “make it easy on me.”

The clerk had another idea: He pulled his own gun from his waistband and fired three shots, hitting Mays twice and critically wounding him.

Mays spent several days at Regions Hospital in St. Paul recovering from gunshot wounds.

The serial number had been scratched off the gun that Mays used in the robbery, charges say.

No one else was in the store at the time of the robbery, police said.

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At the time of the stickup, Mays was on probation for a 2015 theft conviction in Hennepin County, according to court records. His lengthy criminal history in Minnesota also includes convictions for felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, being an accomplice after an attempted murder, trespassing, and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

The second Cellular Connection robbery suspect is described as a black man 20 to 30 years of age who was wearing dark pants, a dark green jacket, baseball hat and black Nike shoes with a white swoosh.

Authorities ask that anyone with information about his identity or whereabouts call Inver Grove Heights police at 651-450-2525.