Crime & Safety
Three More Arrested in Home Invasion Ring
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, three more men were arrested in connection with a Korean organized crime ring believed to be responsible for a Nov. 2 home invasion in Diamond Bar.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported today that three Southern California men arrested in connection with a Las Vegas sting operation will be charged in connection with a Nov. 2 home invasion in Diamond Bar.
The three men are suspected associates of five men arrested in Las Vegas last week who are suspected members of a Korean organized crime ring specializing in home invasions.
The suspected leader of the group, 36-year-old Kyung Hwan Choi of Los Angeles, was apprehended Thursday morning in Pomona, according to the Review-Journal.
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During the Nov. 2 home invasion, it was reported that residents were stunned with Tasers and tied up while the suspects stole $300,000 in cash.
The Review-Journal reported that the other two men arrested this week in connection with the Diamond Bar home invasion are Andrew Kim, 26, and Young Kim, 39.
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L.A. County Sheriff's said to the Review-Journal that three of the men arrested last week in Vegas will also be charged in connection with the Diamond Bar home invasion.
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