4 accused in Weymouth home invasion
QUINCY - Four men pleaded not guilty yesterday in Quincy District Court to a variety of charges stemming from an armed home invasion, robbery, and kidnapping at a Weymouth home Monday.
Judge Mark Coven ordered the men held on cash bail ranging from $100,000 to $500,000, depending on their alleged roles in the home invasion and prior records.
One of the men - Duc Vo, 39, of Quincy, was also involved in a home invasion in Connecticut, according to the Norfolk district attorney's office. The other three men arraigned were Dong Duong, 51, of Quincy, Thanh Dang, 33, of Boston, and Dung Pham, 39, who was listed as homeless.
Sometime Monday morning, the four men arrived at a North Street home and three got out, Assistant Norfolk District Attorney Jason Mohan said during the arraignment yesterday afternoon.
"This was not a random act," Mohan said. "This house was targeted with suspects' belief there was money in the house."
A 48-year-old female resident of the house spotted the men and called to her sister and mother to get out of the house, Mohan said. The woman then grabbed her pocketbook and fled, but fell down when she got outside. Vo grabbed the woman and pressed a firearm to her head, forcing her inside the house, Mohan said.
By that time, two of the other suspects were inside, along with the woman's sister and mother. Two suspects held the women at gunpoint, while a third collected valuables and money, Mohan said. Unsatisfied with the take, the men took jewelry the women were wearing.
Unbeknownst to the men, a 12-year-old and an 18-year-old were in the basement. One used a cellphone to call police at 10:53 a.m.
When the men sped away, police were nearby.
The driver of the car then drove into a cruiser and continued, crashing into a civilian car. The woman at the wheel of that car was hospitalized.
A probable cause hearing has been scheduled for July 31.
Assisting Weymouth police were the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI Organized Crime Task Force, and the Boston police Special Investigations Unit. 