Victims Testify Against Two Men Accused of Kidnapping, Robbery

Police have tied the men to a series of crimes in November

Two men accused of kidnapping victims and forcing them to withdraw money at multiple ATMs across San Diego appeared in court for a preliminary hearing Tuesday. 

Kha Sok, 33, is charged with two counts of kidnapping, two armed robberies and two robberies without a weapon. David Tonn, 28, is charged with one count of robbery, kidnapping and kidnapping for robbery. 

The men have been tied to a series of crimes, police said. 

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. Police said the 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 that, she was ordered to drive to a liquor store in the 5500 block of University Avenue. There, she was forced 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.

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.

In court Tuesday, victims described the frightening encounters with the two men. The judge did not allow members of the media to record the victim's voices. 

However, speaking through interpreters, one woman described how terrified she was when the robbers forced her to go to her home and put others at risk. She said they pulled her hair. 

"And he also pointed it to my head," one victim said through a interpreter. "I heard a sound; it sounded like the skin was being pulled away from my scalp." 

Another victim described how a gun was put to his friend's head, and then his. 

Sok is being held on $1 million bail and Tonn is being held on $700,000 bail. 

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