San Diego police and sheriff’s detectives arrested two men for allegedly stealing women's purses or kidnapping victims and forcing them to with withdraw cash from multiple ATMs.
On Wednesday, SDPD Robbery Unit detectives took Kha Sok, 33, into custody on suspicion of two counts of kidnapping, two armed robberies and two robberies without a weapon. Later that day, the San Diego County Sheriff’s department also arrested David Tonn, 28, for one count of robbery, kidnapping and kidnapping for robbery.
A number of past crimes have been linked with the two suspects.
At about 5 p.m. on Nov. 23, one of the suspects approached a woman who was pushing a shopping cart in the parking lot by the World’s Food Supermarket located at 5245 El Cajon Boulevard. According to police reports, suspect grabbed the woman’s purse off her shoulder and threw her onto the ground. The man then drove off in a black SUV.
A few days later on Nov. 27 at about 6:15 p.m., a woman was walking to her car in the 4200 block of Chamoune Avenue when she noticed a man pointing a silver handgun at her. The man quickly stole her purse and ran away, police say.
Just a couple hours later on the same day, there was a woman leaving CVS on the same block. After she got into her vehicle, a man knocked on the car window and pointed a silver handgun at her, she told officials. He got into her car and commanded her to drive to two different banks, where she was forced to withdraw cash from the ATMs.
After this, she was ordered to drive to a liquor store in the 5500 block of University Avenue. There she had to buy several bottles of alcohol, officials say. The man had the woman drop him off by the 4300 block of Highland Avenue where he took off.
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On Nov. 30 at about 6:25 p.m., another woman was walking to her car when two men grabbed her and physically forced her into their vehicle, according to police. She was at the CVS located on 7100 Broadway in Lemon Grove before the abduction took place. The men drove her to multiple bank ATMs where she was forced to withdraw cash. After taking her money, the men left the woman near the intersection of 54th Street and El Cajon Boulevard.
Investigators say evidence from each of these cases suggests these crimes were related. Both the San Diego Police Department’s Robbery Unit and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department have information that ties these cases together. The agencies worked together to determine and locate the suspects responsible for these crimes.
Both Sok and Tonn were booked into the San Diego County Jail. Sok is being held on a $1 million bail, and Tonn’s bail was set at $700,000.
If you have additional information about these suspects, please contact the San Diego Police Department at (619) 531-2000 or the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200.
