11 Are Indicted in Statewide Crime Spree
A federal grand jury has indicted a Costa Mesa man on murder, bank robbery, racketeering and assault charges in connection with a crime spree across California, according to an indictment unsealed this week.
Ten others also were indicted in the case.
Authorities say Anh The Duong, 26, is the ringleader of a gang that netted as much as $7.8 million from robbing jewelry stores, computer component manufacturers, supermarkets and banks. He is accused of killing seven people during robberies, which included a Newport Beach jewelry store heist this year that left a security guard critically wounded.
Also charged in the indictment are Lisbio Couto, 22, of Huntington Beach; Ricky Vong, 26, of San Jose; Cuong Vuong, 32, of San Jose; Johnnie Tangha, 35, of Daly City; Sowin Chan, 23, of Santa Ana; Philip Garza, 22, of Santa Ana; Duc Dien Tran Nguyen, 31, of Garden Grove; Vu Nguyen, 32, of Orange; Vu Nguyen Vu, 25, of Mission Viejo; and Timothy Mukasa, 26, of Santa Ana.
No trial date has been set.
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