Tag Archives: crime

Viet woman faces death for double murder

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese woman is found guilty and now faces the potential death penalty for the double murder of a fortune teller and her daughter. After a month-long trial, it took the jury less than one full day of deliberation to … Continue reading →

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Another Viet wielding knife

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Bolsavik

A Viet man in Westminster was arrested and held for mental evaluation for locking out his mother from their shared apartment and barricading himself with a large knife, says the Westminster Police Department in a press release here. Paul Duc … Continue reading →

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Viet businesses at center of drug ring

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Bolsavik

Several Viet businesses in the Spokane area were fronts for a multimillion dollar drug ring busted by federal agents, reports the Seattle Times here and the Spokane-Review here. And they would have continued their marijuana trafficking, if it weren’t for … Continue reading →

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Enhanced video: Phuong Ho was not resisting

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Bolsavik

The grainy cell phone video of the police beating a Vietnamese student, once enhanced by a forensic expert hired by the San Jose Mercury News, confirms that Phuong Ho was not resisting, just going for his glasses – reports the … Continue reading →

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Viet dead in drug shooting in wealthy neighborhood

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Bolsavik

A few days after a Vietnamese-American man was found shot dead in his home in an upscale Bay Area neighborhood, police said they think the crime may be drug related, reports KPIX CBS5 here. Linh Tu Nguyen, 33, was found dead in … Continue reading →

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Cops’ lawyers say Phuong Ho at fault

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Bolsavik

Attorneys representing the two police officers beating and Taser-ing the San Jose Vietnamese student claim the student was at fault for resisting arrest, says the San Jose Mercury News here. Terry Bowman, representing Kenneth Siegel, the officer who repeatedly beat … Continue reading →

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Madison Nguyen reacts to police beating

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Bolsavik

The sole Vietnamese-American on the city council of San Jose said in a written statement that she is “greatly disturbed” by the police beating of Vietnamese student Phuong Ho (pictured). In a separate interview with the Bolsavik, Councilmember Madison Nguyen also … Continue reading →

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Senseless beating of Viet student: SJ police on defensive again

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Bolsavik

(Click on photo to view video) Police using a metal baton repeatedly beat a man even after he’s down, and the whole thing was captured on video by an amateur who just happened to be there. That may sound like … Continue reading →

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