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Police Chief Neal Johnson, 59, will retire on December 31st after serving the city for 38 years. He plans to work for an international security management company and open an office for the firm in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4266
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Police
Johnson, Neal
Item ID
4142AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ron Garner, 50, has been named to head the Police Department and replace retiring Neal Johnson. Garner has more than 21 years experience with the Beverly Hills Police Department, including the last 5 as Deputy Chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4488
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 1995
Pages
p. H-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 1995
Pages
p. H-3
Subjects
Police - Garner, Ron
Item ID
4364AN
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Ron Garner, 50, a deputy police chief in Beverly Hills with 24 years of police experience, has been named to head the Arcadia Police Department. He will lead a staff of 76 sworn officers and 26 civilian personnel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Police - Garner, Ron
Item ID
4348AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police officer wounded in shooting is released from hospital. Officer Kevin Manley, 26, is recovering from his injury (shot in the jaw) by suspect Nurhan Venk during a domestic dispute and barricade. Manley has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and worked for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department before that. He has 3 years of law enforcement experience.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36313
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Manley, Kevin
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Newspaper Index
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Fordyce Johnson, a former Arcadia resident, died late last month at his home in San Diego from the complications of old age. The 93 year old was former chief of staff at Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13407
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Johnson, Fordyce
Item ID
13603AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia and San Marino Police Chief Robert Stanley Seares died on June 15. He was 89.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14447
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1998
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1998
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Seares, Robert
Item ID
15004AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Arcadia leader Roger Chandler dies. Law enforcement professional (more than two decades in LA Sheriff's Department, Chief of Police for LA Housing Authority, created Hawaiian Gardens Police Department) and longtime resident served 24 years on Arcadia City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36105
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Chandler, Roger
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Arcadia Police Captain David Hinig was named the city's new police chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17173
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hinig, David
Police
Item ID
17592AN
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Chen Suen becomes first Asian American fire chief in Arcadia. He takes over from Barry Spriggs who retired November 8, after 29 years of service. Suen is an Arcadia resident. He emigrated from Taiwan. He graduated from Arcadia High School, and attended Loyola Law School, UC Irvine, and Santa Ana College, before spending the last 18 years with Arcadia Fire Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36371
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Arcadia Fire Department
Asian-Americans
Spriggs, Barry
Suen, Chen
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After months of negotiations, the Arcadia Police Relief Association has failed to find common ground with the City Council on a contract which expired Sept. 30th. Officers want to work 3 12-hour days, like the Pasadena Police Dept. does, as well as receive a 1.5% increase for overtime, pay for being on call, and for equipment. Officers have received a 25.3% pay increase over the last 3 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Police
Item ID
4241AN
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Capt. David H. Hinig, a 31-year veteran with the Arcadia Police Department, is one of two finalists for the police chief's job in Rialto.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12690
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hinig, David H.
Item ID
12895AN
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Arcadia residents, city officials grapple with homeless issue at a public forum at Arcadia Performing Arts Center. City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto said easing the homeless crisis comes down to two major areas--enforcement and services. Police Chief Roy Nakamura said the number of calls to Arcadia Police Department related to the homeless increased from 1493 in 2019, to 2067 in 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36004
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Homeless
Homelessness
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Nakamura, Roy
Social issues
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Man arrested after shooting in Arcadia. A 47-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, August 10, for shooting and injuring an Arcadia police officer (shot in the jaw), the suspect's 73-year-old mother (shot in the chest) and the neighbor across the street (shot in the eye with stray bullet). All three are stable and expected to survive. The shooting and standoff happened at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue due to a family dispute. The 26-year-old Arcadia officer has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and has 3 years of previous law enforcement experience.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia man accused of lying, losing millions of investors' money. James Arthur McDonald, Jr. former CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Hercules Investments LLC and Index Strategy Advisors Inc. was charged with one count of securities fraud. Prosecutors claim McDonald lost clients of his Los Angeles-based firm Hercules millions of dollars in late 2020. He had been renting a home in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
McDonald, James Arthur
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After just 16 months, Fire Chief Ken Lavoie said Wednesday that he will retire from the Fire Department May 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fire Department
Lavoie, Kenneth
Item ID
12828AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Police Department opened its Peaceful Arcadia through Community Effort (PACE 2000) office Friday night at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5546
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Police Department
Item ID
5401AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Lanill Johnson was convicted in 1976 of murdering Cathy LaCorte of Arcadia. His next parole hearing is set for October, 1996.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6709
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Crime and Criminals
Johnson, Richard Lanill
Item ID
6518AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sidney Terrance Johnson of Los Angeles arrested for the freeway shooting death of 35-year-old Bertha Hernandez of Monrovia, on the 210 Freeway in Arcadia, which occurred on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Johnson has been charged with murder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36101
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Johnson, Sidney Terrance
Shootings
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police Sgt. Dean Caputo is discussed in an article about police officers responding to off-duty situations. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4613
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Caputo, Dean
Item ID
4489AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council is considering a plan to send Arcadia Police Chief Ronnie Garner and a detective specializing in Asian gangs to Taiwan for a week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4843
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Police Department
Item ID
4719AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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