HOA Nut House

NED HIBBERD Reporter

Two accused armed robbers are locked up after allegedly targeting the only subdivision in Sugar Land with a police-sanctioned surveillance camera system.

Kenneth Lavergne and Ross Ezeani, both 20, are charged with aggravated robbery.

On January 22, they allegedly targeted 60-year old Cici Liu, holding her at gunpoint after following her SUV to her home.

Liu says the men, along with a third accomplice, approached as she opened her car door after pulling into her garage.

“Then I try to close my car. I cannot. They use the gun, they open the door behind me, they took my purse behind me.”

Liu says the three fled but the red car they were driving was captured on camera, both entering and leaving the subdivision.

“Within a week after initially viewing the video,” says Sugar Land Capt. Stuart Denton, “we were able to enhance it and identify the license plate off the vehicle.”

The surveillance system cost about $25-thousand but it was not purchased by the police department or the city.

It was paid for by the Eldridge Lake Homeowners’ Association, whose president, Neal Perez, says, “the cameras are probably the very best investment we have ever made.”

Perez tells FOX 26 the technology has helped take a megabyte out of crime.

But Cici Liu is still hoping for another kind of investment: a gate at the entrances to the neighborhood.

Liu has been robbed in her own driveway twice over the past 7 months.

“I want a gate,” she says, "not just cameras."

Meantime, Sugar Land police say they are still seeking the third person involved in the robbery.

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