Three Day Weekend Results In Several Arrests For Elk Grove Police

Police stop suspected home burglars, seek suspects in store armed robbery; basketball court robbery results in several arrests

Cold and wet weather wasn't enough to slow criminal activity of the long Presidents Day weekend according to incident reports from the Elk Grove Police Department.

Early Friday morning officers responded to a call reporting suspicious activity on Heritage Hill Drive. Suspect 35 year-old Doing Nguyen was seen running from a residence and getting into a car driven by 47 year-old suspect May Saephan.

Officers located the car and initiated a vehicle stop where they discovered Nguyen was on probation and in possession of narcotics paraphernalia and burglary tools. A search of Saephan's purse revealed burglary tools and narcotic paraphernalia. Both were arrested and transferred to county jail.

On Saturday night at approximately 6:25 the Illusion Novelty store on the 4800 block of Laguna Blvd, was robbed. According to police reports, two unknown black male suspects aged 18-20, one of whom was armed with a shotgun, entered the store and demanded money from customers and the store.

The two suspects, both of whom wore dark clothing, took money from a customer's wallet and the store and fled on foot.

Yesterday afternoon, four suspects, one male adult and three male juveniles, were arrested following an incident on a park basketball court on Oak Park Drive. According to the police, 18-year old Alexander Wyn and three others took the possessions of two juveniles and one adult while the victims were playing basketball.

When confronted by the victims, all four suspects assaulted one of the victims. Based on witness accounts, officers obtained a search warrant and discovered the stolen property in the residence of one of the juvenile suspects. The three juveniles were transferred to juvenile hall and Wyn was taken to county jail.

Early this morning police arrested 19-year old Robert Miller on suspicion of auto robbery. The suspect was initially stopped for a vehicle code violation and then fled on foot.

In addition, police made arrests for domestic violence, outstanding warrants and public intoxication. In one of the domestic violence arrests, a spouse threatened the other spouse with a knife with a threat to kill. A protective order was issued.