Tsang

Based on erroneous information supplied by the state's attorney's office, a story in the April 30 Howard County edition of The Sun incorrectly reported the type of plea entered by Tak Wha Tsang. Tsang entered an Alford plea to a rape charge, meaning he conceded that the state had enough evidence to convict him, but he did not admit guilt.The Sun regrets the error.A convicted rapist who police say targeted Korean women received another life sentence yesterday after he admitted in Howard County Circuit Court to raping an Ellicott City woman in April 1996.

FERRELL SECAKUKU, 69 Former Hopi leader Former Hopi Chairman Ferrell Secakuku, who helped resolve a longtime land dispute between his tribe and the Navajo Nation, has died. Mr. Secakuku, who disclosed this month that he had been diagnosed with cancer, had been in hospice care. He died Wednesday at a friend's home in Flagstaff, Ariz., said his daughter, Kim Secakuku. Born in the Village of Sipaulovi, Mr. Secakuku served as chairman of the Hopi Tribe from 1994 to 1997. While in office, he facilitated the negotiation of the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement, which was worked out after a federal judge in 1991 ordered the two tribes to reach an agreement over land they had been quarreling over since the 1800s.

Based on erroneous information supplied by the state's attorney's office, a story in the April 30 Howard County edition of The Sun incorrectly reported the type of plea entered by Tak Wha Tsang. Tsang entered an Alford plea to a rape charge, meaning he conceded that the state had enough evidence to convict him, but he did not admit guilt.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 5/12/98

Based on erroneous information supplied by the state's attorney's office, a story in the April 30 Howard County edition of The Sun incorrectly reported the type of plea entered by Tak Wha Tsang. Tsang entered an Alford plea to a rape charge, meaning he conceded that the state had enough evidence to convict him, but he did not admit guilt.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 5/12/98

A former Ellicott City man who police say was a serial rapist targeting Korean women was convicted yesterday in Howard County Circuit Court of raping, sodomizing and robbing a woman in her home last February.Tak Wha Tsang, 39, winced as the foreperson for the jury of six men and six women announced the guilty verdict on the first count of second-degree rape. But as 11 guilty verdicts on the remaining counts were read, Tsang stared straight ahead, not showing emotion.After the verdicts, the brother-in-law of the victim glared at Tsang, mouthing an epithet.

The first of two trials set for the man police say was a serial rapist targeting women of Asian origin opened yesterday in Howard County Circuit Court.Tak Wha Tsang, 39, is being tried initially in the last of three Ellicott City attacks that occurred between between April 1996 and February of this year. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.The other two cases are scheduled for trial Dec. 8.Tsang, who has been jailed without bail since March, sat calmly, dressed in a business suit, as Assistant State's Attorney Jeannie Cho described the Feb. 5 attack and told of DNA evidence and a shoe print that she said will link him to the crime scene.

A former Ellicott City man who police say targeted Korean women in a series of rapes was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison yesterday after his conviction in the first of four sexual assault cases against him.Howard Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney said Tak Wha Tsang, 39, attacked a 38-year-old Korean woman because he believed her cultural background and limited English would keep her from pressing charges."

FERRELL SECAKUKU, 69 Former Hopi leader Former Hopi Chairman Ferrell Secakuku, who helped resolve a longtime land dispute between his tribe and the Navajo Nation, has died. Mr. Secakuku, who disclosed this month that he had been diagnosed with cancer, had been in hospice care. He died Wednesday at a friend's home in Flagstaff, Ariz., said his daughter, Kim Secakuku. Born in the Village of Sipaulovi, Mr. Secakuku served as chairman of the Hopi Tribe from 1994 to 1997. While in office, he facilitated the negotiation of the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement, which was worked out after a federal judge in 1991 ordered the two tribes to reach an agreement over land they had been quarreling over since the 1800s.

A Baltimore meat wholesaler with a history of health code violations has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and was placed on probation for three years after pleading guilty this week to two violations of state health law.Michael Tsang, who owns United Foods Co. in the 600 block of W. Saratoga St. near Lexington Market, had his food permit revoked by the city's Department of Health after an inspection in September by city and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials...

Howard County police yesterday charged a 39-year-old man awaiting trial in the rape in February of a woman of Asian origin in Ellicott City with the rapes of two other Asian-origin women last year.Police said Tak Wha Tsang -- who has been held without bail in the Howard County Detention Center since shortly after his arrest in California in March -- was charged yesterday with additional counts of first- and second-degree rape, multiple counts of sexual offense, robbery, burglary and extortion.

Based on erroneous information supplied by the state's attorney's office, a story in the April 30 Howard County edition of The Sun incorrectly reported the type of plea entered by Tak Wha Tsang. Tsang entered an Alford plea to a rape charge, meaning he conceded that the state had enough evidence to convict him, but he did not admit guilt.The Sun regrets the error.A convicted rapist who police say targeted Korean women received another life sentence yesterday after he admitted in Howard County Circuit Court to raping an Ellicott City woman in April 1996.

A former Ellicott City man who police say targeted Korean women in a series of rapes was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison yesterday after his conviction in the first of four sexual assault cases against him.Howard Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney said Tak Wha Tsang, 39, attacked a 38-year-old Korean woman because he believed her cultural background and limited English would keep her from pressing charges."

A former Ellicott City man who police say was a serial rapist targeting Korean women was convicted yesterday in Howard County Circuit Court of raping, sodomizing and robbing a woman in her home last February.Tak Wha Tsang, 39, winced as the foreperson for the jury of six men and six women announced the guilty verdict on the first count of second-degree rape. But as 11 guilty verdicts on the remaining counts were read, Tsang stared straight ahead, not showing emotion.After the verdicts, the brother-in-law of the victim glared at Tsang, mouthing an epithet.

The first of two trials set for the man police say was a serial rapist targeting women of Asian origin opened yesterday in Howard County Circuit Court.Tak Wha Tsang, 39, is being tried initially in the last of three Ellicott City attacks that occurred between between April 1996 and February of this year. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.The other two cases are scheduled for trial Dec. 8.Tsang, who has been jailed without bail since March, sat calmly, dressed in a business suit, as Assistant State's Attorney Jeannie Cho described the Feb. 5 attack and told of DNA evidence and a shoe print that she said will link him to the crime scene.

Howard County police yesterday charged a 39-year-old man awaiting trial in the rape in February of a woman of Asian origin in Ellicott City with the rapes of two other Asian-origin women last year.Police said Tak Wha Tsang -- who has been held without bail in the Howard County Detention Center since shortly after his arrest in California in March -- was charged yesterday with additional counts of first- and second-degree rape, multiple counts of sexual offense, robbery, burglary and extortion.

A former Ellicott City resident was arrested in San Diego last week and charged with the February rape of an Asian woman in the Wheatfields community -- an attack that police linked to two other rapes of Asian women in the same area.Police said Tak Wha Tsang, 38, was arrested Thursday evening at his home in San Diego on a Howard County fugitive warrant. He is accused of the Feb. 5 assault on a 38-year-old woman who lived in the normally quiet Ellicott City community.That attack, and two others in the past year by a masked man wielding a knife, caused police to issue a community alert last month that a rapist appeared to be targeting Asian women in the Ellicott City area.

A former Ellicott City resident was arrested in San Diego last week and charged with the February rape of an Asian woman in the Wheatfields community -- an attack that police linked to two other rapes of Asian women in the same area.Police said Tak Wha Tsang, 38, was arrested Thursday evening at his home in San Diego on a Howard County fugitive warrant. He is accused of the Feb. 5 assault on a 38-year-old woman who lived in the normally quiet Ellicott City community.That attack, and two others in the past year by a masked man wielding a knife, caused police to issue a community alert last month that a rapist appeared to be targeting Asian women in the Ellicott City area.

A former Ellicott City resident was arrested in San Diego last week and charged with the February rape of an Asian woman in the Wheatfields community -- an attack that police linked to two other rapes of Asian women in the same area.Police said Tak Wha Tsang, 38, was arrested Thursday evening at his home in San Diego on a Howard County fugitive warrant. He is accused of the Feb. 5 assault on a 38-year-old woman who lived in the normally quiet Ellicott City community.That attack, and two others in the past year by a masked man wielding a knife, caused police to issue a community alert last month that a rapist appeared to be targeting Asian women in the Ellicott City area.

A former Ellicott City resident was arrested in San Diego last week and charged with the February rape of an Asian woman in the Wheatfields community -- an attack that police linked to two other rapes of Asian women in the same area.Police said Tak Wha Tsang, 38, was arrested Thursday evening at his home in San Diego on a Howard County fugitive warrant. He is accused of the Feb. 5 assault on a 38-year-old woman who lived in the normally quiet Ellicott City community.That attack, and two others in the past year by a masked man wielding a knife, caused police to issue a community alert last month that a rapist appeared to be targeting Asian women in the Ellicott City area.

A Baltimore meat wholesaler with a history of health code violations has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and was placed on probation for three years after pleading guilty this week to two violations of state health law.Michael Tsang, who owns United Foods Co. in the 600 block of W. Saratoga St. near Lexington Market, had his food permit revoked by the city's Department of Health after an inspection in September by city and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials...