Arcadia Man Gets 45 Years for Shooting at Sheriff's Helicopter

From a Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office press release.

Pomona Superior Court Judge George Genesta sentenced an Arcadia man who robbed an Azusa shooting range, led law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit and shot at a Sheriff’s helicopter, to 45 years and 8 months in state prison.

Trevor Bakgwan Kuk was convicted on Feb. 27 of seven felony counts: second-degree commercial burglary, evading an officer, shooting at an occupied aircraft, second-degree robbery and possession of an assault weapon, and two counts of assault weapon on a peace officer.

Co-defendant Maria Dolores Martinez, 25, of Los Angeles, is expected to be sentenced on April 17 in Pomona Superior Court.

Martinez pleaded guilty Feb. 22 to 10 counts, including: second-degree commercial burglary and robbery, evading an officer, shooting at an occupied aircraft and possession of an assault weapon.

Under the terms of a negotiated plea agreement, Martinez will likely be sentenced to six years in prison.

The pair broke into the office the Burro Canyon Shooting Range on Aug. 16, 2010, and stole gun parts and tools. Kuk and Martinez fled in a pick up truck when an employee interrupted the burglary. Shots reportedly were fired from the truck as Kuk and Martinez sped away.

The high-speed chase began when Sheriff’s deputies tried to stop the defendants. Kuk drove at high speeds on the 210 and 605 freeways before being brought to a stop on the eastbound San Bernardino Freeway not far from the Cal Poly Pomona campus.

Authorities said Kuk fired a Mac-10-type machine pistol at a Sheriff’s helicopter and at responding deputies. No one was hit.