MAN IDENTIFIED THROUGH DNA CONVICTED OF ROBBING, KIDNAPPING, AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING STORE EMPLOYEE

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Case # 16WF1326

Date: May 25, 2018

MAN IDENTIFIED THROUGH DNA CONVICTED OF ROBBING, KIDNAPPING, AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING STORE EMPLOYEE

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man identified through a DNA hit was convicted yesterday of robbing, kidnapping, and sexually assaulting a store employee in 2012.

Defendant	Charges	Sentence
Danny Thien Nguyen, 28, Garden Grove	Pleaded guilty yesterday, May 24, 2018, to one felony count each of: Sexual penetration by foreign object and force Kidnapping to commit a sex offense Second degree burglary Second degree robbery Assault with a deadly weapon Sentencing Enhancement (Admitted) Personal use of a deadly weapon	22 years in state prison   Mandatory sex offender registration pursuant to PC 290

Circumstances of the Case

• At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 10, 2012, Nguyen entered a business on the 9000 block of Talbert Avenue in Fountain Valley.
• Jane Doe was working alone inside the business at the time. Nguyen robbed Jane Doe at gunpoint and ordered the victim to a back room in the business and sexually assaulted her against her will.
• DNA samples were collected from the crime scene but the defendant was not identified.
• On Oct. 3, 2012, Nguyen pleaded guilty to one felony count of attempted second degree robbery and one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon for a crime that took place on Jan. 7, 2012 (Case # 12WF0733). As part of his sentence, Nguyen was required to submit a DNA sample to the national DNA database, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
• In March 2016, the DNA samples from the crime scene were processed. In June 2016, the Orange County Crime Lab received a CODIS DNA hit linking Nguyen to the unsolved sexual assault.
• On June 23, 2016, officers from the Fountain Valley Police Department (FVPD) arrested Nguyen.
• FVPD investigated this case.

Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Lexie Elliott, Sexual Assault Unit