Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: PG police arrest 5 Asians in Arlington robberies Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 15:23:03 EST Message-ID: \SE B;METROPOLITAN \HD PG police arrest 5 Asians in Arlington robberies \BY Jim Keary \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES Prince George's County police have arrested five Asian men in connection with two "home invasion" robberies of other Asians in Arlington this weekend. The suspects, three of them juveniles, are accused of breaking into apartments, tying their victims up at gunpoint and robbing them of their jewelry. Prince George's County police arrested Odom Phoukphanh, 20, and Anousone Phoukphanh, 18, both of 66th Place in Hyattsville, about 11 p.m. Tuesday. Also arrested were two 15-year-old boys from Riverdale and a 15-year-old boy from Hyattsville. All were charged with theft. The teens were charged as juveniles while Odom Phoukphanh was held on $100,000 bond and Anousone Phoukphanh was held on $25,000 bond. Arlington County Police spokesman Tom Bell said the robberies came within an hour of each other Sunday night in apartments in the 4600 block of S. Four Mile Run Drive. The first robbery occurred about 8 p.m. when four Asian males broke into the apartment of two other Asian men, taped their hands and feet and took their jewelry. Two of the four thieves were armed with handguns, Detective Bell said. In the second robbery, five Vietnamese-speaking Asian males broke into the apartment of five other Asians. They bound the victims and severely beat and threatened to kill one of them before taking their jewelry. All the thieves in both robberies were wearing stocking masks, said Detective Bell. Lt. Alphonso Hawkins, a Prince George's County police spokesman, said officers recovered three handguns, a bulletproof vest and jewelry during the arrests of the five men. The arrests came as a result of a cooperative effort among Prince George's, Montgomery and Arlington counties, he said. The robberies are similar to a string of others since 1990 that have plagued Asian communities in Falls Church and in Fairfax and Montgomery counties, but police said yesterday they have not linked those crimes and these suspects. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM