Elk Grove police arrest restaurant burglar

Elk Grove police arrest restaurant burglar

The Elk Grove police department arrested a man for burglarizing the Wasabi Japanese Steak House in the Laguna West area, at the 2700 block of Elk Grove Blvd on July 20, 2019.

The suspect had broken a window to gain access to the restaurant. Surveillance footage helped identify the suspect. With the help of the Sacramento police department, on July 25, 48-year-old Andy Hon Vo Chong of Sacramento was arrested at a Sacramento motel.

From the EGPD Facebook page, “Between 2015 and 2016, Chong was the suspect in several restaurant burglaries not only in Elk Grove but also around the area. He was arrested and later sentenced in 2016. He was released after serving out his sentence.

Detectives are not done yet as they are looking at Chong as a person of interest 3 other similar burglaries in Elk Grove.”