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Convicted rapist Steven Wu, the Arcadia deacon who drugged his two sisters-in-law and videotaped himself sexually assaulting them, was sentenced to 79 years in prison Friday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1399
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Wu, Steven
Item ID
1398AN
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Food company executives Feng Wu Lam, who owns South El Monte based Golden Food, Inc. and her husband Wei Wen Wu, the company's manager, face insurance fraud, wage theft charges. They are accused of underreporting their payroll to workers' compensation insurance carriers by about $4.5 million between 2015 and 2019. They are both Arcadia residents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36163
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Insurance fraud
Lam, Feng Wu
Wage theft
Workers' compensation insurance
Wu, Wei Wen
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The Arcadia Police Department is turning to the public for assistance with the homicide investigation of Mr. Shao-wu Yen, who was struck and killed one year ago by a small pickup while waiting to cross the street at the intersection of Holly and Fairview Avenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4502
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
Pages
p. 15
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Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Yen, Shao-wu
Item ID
4378AN
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A 21-year-old woman was the third person raped at gunpoint this year, and police suspect that they may be by the same person. All three women were accosted by an African American man in his 20's or 30's wearing a black cap. They were accosted in the early morning with a gun while alone in their cars.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals - Rape
Item ID
4384AN
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Recipients of the 1993 Honorary Service Awards for outstanding service to the youth of Arcadia include George Stapleton, Scott Sullivan, Grace Wu, Phil Leathery and Linda Woodruff. All are profiled.

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Newspaper
Star-Tribune
Date
March 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Star-Tribune
Date
March 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Honorary Service Awards
Leathery, Phil
Stapleton, George
Sullivan, Scott
Woodruff, Linda
Wu, Grace
Item ID
219AN
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Police missed capturing by seconds a gun-toting robber who walked into Foothill Federal Credit Union at 133 E. Duarte Rd. and demanded money.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1997
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1997
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11195AN
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Christopher McCoy of Sierra Madre has been booked on charges that he telephoned threats that Anthrax would be released via bomb at the Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 28, 1999
Pages
p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 28, 1999
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Crime & criminals
Item ID
17033AN
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Gregory Ramos, 18, of Downey was discovered unconscious in a jail cell at the Arcadia City Jail. A routine jail check revealed that Ramos had used his jail linen to fashion a noose in an attempt to strangle himself.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Crime and Punishment
Police
Item ID
6409AN
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Nurhan Venk, 47, suspect in the shooting of Arcadia police officer, charged with attempted murder for shooting the officer in the face. He faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly shooting his 73-year-old mother in the chest. Zoo Yang, an 83-year-old neighbor across the street was also struck by a stray bullet while he was watching his grandchild.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36302
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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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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Arcadia sisters Misty and Michelina Rice are profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 1995
Pages
p. C1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 1995
Pages
p. C1 photo
Subjects
Rice, Misty and Michelina
Item ID
5274AN
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On Saturday, May 6, there was an attempted rape at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 18, 1995
Pages
p. 15
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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 18, 1995
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
4422AN
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Jury finds Deyun Shi, guilty of killing nephews in their Arcadia home. Shi is convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2016 'revenge' act against estranged wife. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A8, March 13, 2024- Jurors get case of man charged in killings of nephews in Arcadia.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
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Two men, including 22 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma, were convicted of five counts of first-degree murder for shooting three adults and two children last year in El Monte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8017
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
7977AN
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In the past 10 weeks, there have been three reports of rape in the Arcadia city limits.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
March 23,1995
Pages
p. 13
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Sierra Madre News
Date
March 23,1995
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Crime and Criminals - Rape
Item ID
4387AN
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Bail was set at $1 million for Arcadian Hua Jiang, charged with enslaving a 20-year old woman from China. Her husband and co-defendant, Dianyi Zhai, will remain in custody without bail for several additional charges.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9519AN
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A juvenile tried to log on to the computer that contains city data bases but was discovered by police before breaking the password. No charges were filed and the youth's name was not released.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1996
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1996
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
6506AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Johnson, Sidney Terrance
Shootings
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Kianji Zhai and Hua Kiang of Arcadia were arrested and booked on charges of kidnapping, extortion, slavery and assault with a deadly weapon. They are accused of enslaving and torturing their 20 year old babysitter.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9512AN
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Ryan McMorrow, 12, performed CPR on his mother Amy McMorrow last Thursday after she was hit by a bicyclist and knocked unconscious.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
McMorrow, Ryan
McMorrow, Amy
Item ID
16603AN
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