Posted by CotoBlogzz 09-10-2010
SANTA ANA, CA - The Orange
County District Attorney (OCDA) filed charges today against Tad Allen Carroll, f Barbara Ann Hamel and Michael William Ross, for
the special circumstances murder for financial gain of a 55-year-old man after
following the victim home from Hawaiian Gardens Casino to rob him of $10,000 in
gambling winnings, according to the OCDA's office.
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Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) and the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department (LASD) coordinated the investigation of this case
with assistance from the Hawaiian Gardens Casino.
Carroll, 41,
formerly of Buena Park, Hamel, 47, and Ross, 26,
both of Long Beach, are all charged with one felony count each of special
circumstances murder during the commission of a robbery, second degree robbery,
and attempted second degree robbery. Ross and Carroll are each additionally
charged with one felony count of second degree robbery. If convicted, each
defendant faces a minimum sentence of life in state prison without the
possibility of parole. An arrest warrant
has been issued for Ross.
According to the OCDA's office, in the early morning
hours of June 18, 2010, Ross is accused of entering the Hawaiian Gardens Casino
(Casino) in Los Angeles and surveying winning gamblers with the intention of
robbing them after they left the Casino with co-defendant Carroll. Ross is
accused of watching Ki Lee closely as he was gambling. Lee later visited the
Casino's cashier window to cash in his chips and left the Casino with
approximately $5,000 in cash. Ross is accused of contacting and informing
Carroll of Lee's winnings. Carroll is accused of following the victim to his
home. Upon arriving at the victim's home, Carroll is accused of approaching Lee
with what appeared to be a gun and robbing him. The defendant is accused of
fleeing the scene. Lee reported the incident to the LASD.
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In the early morning
on Sept. 3, 2010, Ross is accused of entering the Casino and surveying winning
gamblers with the intention of robbing them after they left the Casino. Co-defendants
Carroll and Hamel are accused of waiting in a Pontiac Grand Prix outside the
Casino with the intention of robbing winning gamblers that Ross was watching.
Ross is accused of closely watching 55-year-old Chi Bui who had been winning
while gambling with his friend Kim Nguyen. At approximately 4:00 a.m., Bui went
to the Casino's cashier window, cashed in his chip winnings having over $10,000
in cash, and left the Casino with Nguyen. Ross is accused of following the
victims out of the Casino and making a phone call to Carroll and Hamel.
Carroll and Hamel are
accused of driving and following Bui, who was driving Nguyen to her Santa Ana
home. Carroll and Hamel are accused of blocking-in Bui's car after he stopped
alongside the curb in front of Nguyen's home. Carroll is accused of getting out
of the vehicle, approaching the victims, and pointing a knife at them to steal
their winnings. He is accused of knocking Bui to the ground and getting back
into the Grand Prix. Hamel is accused of driving over Bui's head, killing him
instantly, and then fleeing the scene with Carroll. Nguyen called 911.
The SAPD were able to
link the three defendants to the two crimes with the assistance of the Hawaiian
Gardens Casino, LASD, California Department of Corrections, Parole
Fugitive Apprehension Team, and United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
Carroll was arrested Sept. 8, 2010, in Anaheim. Hamel was apprehended in Long Beach later
that day. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Ross.
The investigation is
ongoing. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact
Supervising Homicide District Attorney Investigator Helen Moreno at (714)
347-8492 or the Santa Ana Police Department at (714) 245-8390.
1 comment:
I believe that those people are sick, they will not do such things if they are in normal state of mind. Perhaps, gambling addiction push them to do such kind of violence.
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