Category Archives: crime

Viet Assembly candidate, former Rosemead mayor, pleads guilty to bribery

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Bolsavik

John Tran, the former Rosemead city council member and mayor, has agreed to plead guilty to federal bribery charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Tran, 36, was named in a criminal filing Friday and the plea agreement was also … Continue reading →

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Public assistance fraud nets Viet trio 2 years in prison

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Bolsavik

A Viet woman who hid her assets to get public assistance, and her Viet aunt and uncle who fronted for her, were sentenced to 2 years in prison and $140,000 in restitution, according to the OC DA here. The three … Continue reading →

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Bright Viet and hilarious friends rob store, leave ID

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Bolsavik

Three young men walk into a bar… OK, start over. Andy Huynh got arrested last week after he and his friends allegedly bungled a robbery and while Huynh got away, he left behind his wallet and ID and ended up surrendering … Continue reading →

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Viet tries suicide-by-cop, fails

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese-American man trying to get the police to kill him failed and was taken into custody and handed to a hospital for evaluation. The man, 22-year-old Norris Phuoc Nguyen of Westminster, dressed in jungle fatigues, was spotted walking around … Continue reading →

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Viet sentenced to 40-to-life for Tet murder

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese-American man was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life for killing a man who wasn’t doing anything to him at all, after a Tet party in 2009, the OCDA announced in a press release. Thanh Van Tran, 29, … Continue reading →

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Viet man kills wife, family at son’s birthday party

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Bolsavik

In a massacre that has stunned Viets all over, a Texas Vietnamese-American man killed his estranged wife and her family right at his own son’s birthday party. The North Texas Vietnamese-American community is putting together a fund to help offset … Continue reading →

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Four accused of enslaving fellow Viets

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Bolsavik

A couple and their children are accused of faking marriages to bring slave labor from Vietnam into the U.S. and will face up to 20 years in prison and hundreds of thousands in fine if convicted, the U.S. Attorney’s office … Continue reading →

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Viet woman cuts off husband’s penis

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Bolsavik

What is it about Vietnamese women and their obsession with penises and the separation thereof? I mean, if you read Vietnamese, you can check out this Google search page and see the 1,120,000 results for “cắt của quý” – a … Continue reading →

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