Policewoman Convicted of Three Murders
A policewoman was convicted Monday of killing a former partner and two other people during an attempted robbery at a restaurant.
Antoinette Frank faces execution or life in prison at her sentencing today on three counts of first-degree murder.
Officer Ronald Williams, a former partner who was moonlighting as a guard at the Kim Anh Restaurant, and two of the owners’ children--Cuong Vu, 18, and Ha Vu, 24--were killed March 4.
Frank was arrested after she returned to the scene with a large contingent of officers and was identified by Vu family members who had hidden in a large cooler.
Frank’s lawyer, Robert Jenkins, told the jury that her accomplice, Rogers Lacaze, was the killer. Lacaze, 18, was convicted in July and sentenced to death.
The prosecution recalled Frank’s statement that Lacaze forced her to participate, but pointed out that Frank had a gun and a police radio she could have used to defend herself and call for help.
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