Four suspected in Arcadia stabbing of teenager
ARCADIA -- Police jailed three men and a teenager early Thursday on suspicion of stabbing an Arcadia High School student last week, authorities said.
Danny Lieu, 19, Daniel Chong, 20, Kevin Choi, 20 and a 17-year-old boy, all of Arcadia, were booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, Arcadia police Lt. Larry Goodman said.
"Shortly after 7:00 a.m., officers served simultaneous arrest warrants at four different locations within the City of Arcadia," police said in a written statement.
All four suspects were jailed without further incident, police added.
Chong had been released from jail the day before after appearing in court on suspicion of carring out a Monrovia robbery the same day as the alleged stabbing in Arcadia, Monrovia police officials and court records.
Three of the suspects allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old boy Friday afternoon near Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road, possibly with a pair of scissors, police said.
A fourth is accused of acting as a getway driver, however it was not clear Thursday which suspect was the driver, Goodman said.
All four suspects are believed to have ties to an Asian street gang, officials added.
The victim did not appear to have gang ties, Goodman said.
The teen victim was hospitalized for his injuries and released a short time later, police said.
The stabbing apparently errupted because the juvenile suspect had had previous issues with the teen victim, Goodman said.
Chong was also jailed Friday afternoon, only hours after the Arcadia stabbing, on suspicion of robbing a Kohl's department store in Monrovia, Monrovia police Lt. Michael Lee said.
He, along with three accomplices who were not arrested, were allegedly shoplifiting from the store when Chong pulled a knife on a store employee who caught them, Lee said.
He was found hiding under a tarp and bitten by a police dog after refusing to come out, he added. His arm remained bandaged from the incident when he was arrested Thursday.
Monrovia police are continuing to investigate the Friday robbery at Kohl's, Lee said.
All four suspects were being held in lieu of $70,000 bail.
Danny Lieu, 19, Daniel Chong, 20, Kevin Choi, 20 and a 17-year-old boy, all of Arcadia, were booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, Arcadia police Lt. Larry Goodman said.
"Shortly after 7:00 a.m., officers served simultaneous arrest warrants at four different locations within the City of Arcadia," police said in a written statement.
All four suspects were jailed without further incident, police added.
Chong had been released from jail the day before after appearing in court on suspicion of carring out a Monrovia robbery the same day as the alleged stabbing in Arcadia, Monrovia police officials and court records.
Three of the suspects allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old boy Friday afternoon near Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road, possibly with a pair of scissors, police said.
A fourth is accused of acting as a getway driver, however it was not clear Thursday which suspect was the driver, Goodman said.
All four suspects are believed to have ties to an Asian street gang, officials added.
The victim did not appear to have gang ties, Goodman said.
The teen victim was hospitalized for his injuries and released a short time later, police said.
The stabbing apparently errupted because the juvenile suspect had had previous issues with the teen victim, Goodman said.
Chong was also jailed Friday afternoon, only hours after the Arcadia stabbing, on suspicion of robbing a Kohl's department store in Monrovia, Monrovia police Lt. Michael Lee said.
He, along with three accomplices who were not arrested, were allegedly shoplifiting from the store when Chong pulled a knife on a store employee who caught them, Lee said.
He was found hiding under a tarp and bitten by a police dog after refusing to come out, he added. His arm remained bandaged from the incident when he was arrested Thursday.
Monrovia police are continuing to investigate the Friday robbery at Kohl's, Lee said.
All four suspects were being held in lieu of $70,000 bail.
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