Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced Thursday that 19-year old Denzell D. Grant, a resident of South Carolina, who was stationed at an army base in Fort Hood, Texas, at the time of the commission of alleged offense, was arraigned on a two-count Indictment which charges Interference with Commerce by Robbery, being Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.  The Armed Robbery count is a federal “Hobbs Act Robbery.”  The Hobbs Act makes it a crime to obstruct, delay, or affect interstate commerce by robbery. Grant was ordered held without bond, pending trial, which is scheduled for April 28, 2014, in East Saint Louis, Illinois.  Grant allegedly committed an armed robbery at Max’s One Stop Shop in Swansea, Illinois, by demanding that the clerk on duty give him the money in the cash register.  In furtherance of the armed robbery, Grant used a firearm, and that the firearm discharged.  If convicted he faces a term in prison of 10 to 20 years, a fine up to $500,000 or both, and a term of supervised release of not more than 5 years.