Sean Emery/OC Register
A Santa Ana woman who vandalized a statue at a local Buddhist temple more than a half-dozen times was sentenced to probation.
Surveillance video shows Pham tossing a bottle at temple statue. (Photo: Courtesy Santa Ana Police Department)
Trang Thu Pham,45, was caught on surveillance video vandalizing a large statue of Buddha at the Huong Tich Buddhist Temple in Santa Ana. The statue, which stands more than 6 feet tall, was targeted at least eight times from Dec. 16 to Jan. 6. In the footage, Pham can be seen throwing objects like beer bottles at the statue.
News coverage led cops to Trang Thu Pham. (Photo: Courtesy Santa Ana Police Department)
A vigilant security officer from Costa Mesa recognized her from pictures and video footage that police released to the media and notified authorities.
Pham said she didn’t have a personal vendetta against the Buddhist religion but was driven to vandalism through conflict with a person associated with the temple.
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