MEDIA ADVISORY – CATHERINE KIEU ARRAIGNMENT UPDATE

For Immediate Release
Case # 11WF1668

July 22, 2011

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

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

 

WHO: Catherine Kieu, 48, Garden Grove

 

WHAT: Will appear in court this morning for a scheduled arraignment, where the defense is expected to request a continuance. Kieu is charged with one felony count of torture and one felony count of aggravated mayhem with sentencing enhancements for great bodily injury and personal use of a knife. If convicted on all counts, she faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison with the possibility of parole. The defendant is being held without bail.

 

WHEN: Today, Friday, July 22, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.

 

WHERE: Department W-15, West Justice Center, Westminster

 

*For further information, please visit www.orangecountyda.com and select under Press Releases/Media Advisories the July 13, 2011, Orange County District Attorney Press Release titled “Woman to be Arraigned for Cutting off Man’s Penis After Tying Him to Bed.”

 

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