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Orange County District Attorney
Press Release
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Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney
401 Civic Center Drive West
Santa Ana, CA 92701
For Immediate Release Case # 05ZF0085
June 19, 2013
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Contacts:
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Susan Kang Schroeder
Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486
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FUGITIVE GANG MEMBER TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER OF FELLOW GANG MEMBER IN 1999 SHOOT-OUT WITH RIVALS
The case was investigated by the Westminster Police Department. After the case was filed in 2005 against the defendants, a warrant was issued for Le, who was believed to have fled to Vietnam.
In June 2013, law enforcement in Orange County received information that Le was living in the Virginia. He was arrested last week by the Virginia State Police and was extradited June 17, 2013, and brought back to Orange County by the Orange County Sheriffs Department to face the murder charges.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh is prosecuting the case against Le and prosecuted all of the co-defendants in this case.