French Guiana Man Indicted for Threatening Calls to Utah Employees
Ramchand Rattan faces two counts of interstate threats after allegedly targeting a car dealership and bulk store employee; the case remains pending.
A federal grand jury in St. George, Utah, has indicted Ramchand Rattan, 44, of Las Vegas, on two counts of interstate communications with a threat to injure, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah. The indictment, announced on August 20, 2026, alleges that Rattan made threatening phone calls to a car dealership employee in May 2025 and to a bulk store employee in January 2026. The case is at the charging stage and has not been resolved; an indictment is merely an allegation and Rattan is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Court documents allege that Rattan threatened to "bust your f**** head" and "shoot you in your f**** head" in voicemails to the dealership employee, and later said he would "murder you" and "follow you all over the United States and murder you." In calls to the bulk store, Rattan allegedly demanded that a Black homosexual employee be fired, used derogatory language, and threatened to "blow up or burn the store down," saying "I'm going to turn your place into a BBQ joint."
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rattan is in the United States illegally with a pending asylum claim. His detention hearing is scheduled for August 25, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in St. George. The case is being investigated by the St. George Police Department and the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office, and is prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Burton.
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