A 25-year-old Indianapolis man has been convicted in a brazen, early-morning armed robbery at a Carmel CVS, where prosecutors say he vaulted the pharmacy counter with an accomplice, pointed guns at workers and grabbed prescription pills before bolting in a getaway car.
Conviction and charges
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Indiana, a federal jury today found Mikhal Hamilton guilty of interference with commerce by robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The same release notes that Hamilton’s co-defendant, David Washington, pleaded guilty earlier in the case and was sentenced in October 2024 to nine years in federal prison.
How officers say they caught the suspects
Prosecutors and investigators say the robbery at the CVS on Rangeline Road happened around 5:30 a.m. on June 25, 2023. The two robbers allegedly jumped the counter, threatened employees with firearms and grabbed prescription medication before fleeing in a blue Chevrolet Impala.
As reported by WTHR, officers later stopped a vehicle near West 86th Street and I-465 and recovered stolen pills, pill bottles, a Glock with an extended magazine and a polymer80 “ghost gun.” That traffic stop effectively tied the suspects to the pharmacy heist, according to investigators.
Case background and next steps
Per the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Hamilton has prior felony convictions for carrying a handgun without a license and synthetic identity deception, which made it illegal for him to possess any firearm at the time of the robbery…