Feds indict four men previously charged in Fremont jewelry store takeover

FREMONT — Four men facing charges in Alameda County in connection with a brazen June jewelry store robbery, in which a car was rammed through the storefront, have since been indicted in federal court where they could face harsher penalties if convicted.

The defendants were indicted Dec. 18, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday and publicized by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the federal Northern District of California.

The robbery was reported in the late afternoon June...