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Alhambra man Isaac Campbell was sentenced to the maximum of 11 years in prison for killing his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, 31, of San Gabriel, and then putting her body in a trash can full of kitty litter in the backyard of Campbell's friend in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33108
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33305AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell is on trial for a second time for the murder of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, because the trial in 2011 ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict. The prosecutor promises a new witness in this trial. Lu's body was discovered about a month after she disappeared, wrapped in plastic trash bags and left with cat litter in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32973
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33170AN
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Newspaper Index
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A jury convicts Isaac Campbell, 37, of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can, covered with kitty litter, at Campbell's friend's house in the 1700 block of South Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, in 2007.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32989
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33186AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell, a man charged in the murder of his former girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing and was ordered to return to court July 14. Campbell has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody on $1.2 million bail. Lu's body was found September 2007 at an Arcadia residence. Her body was wrapped in a plastic bag, placed in a blue trash bin and buried under 10 gallons of cat litter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac (also spelled Campbell, Issac)
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32284AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell, 36, will stand trial next week for a second time for murder of girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, who died in 2007, after a jury in December 2011 was unable to reach a verdict. The hung jury was split 10-2, with 10 in favor of convicting Campbell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32758
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Item ID
32955AN
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Newspaper Index
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The fate of Isaac Campbell, 36, on trial for the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, rests with the jury now, after attorneys on both sides gave their closing arguments yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32772
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32969AN
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Newspaper Index
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Peter Chang, 60, of Long Beach, admitted in court that he shot his estranged wife, Liya ("Sandy") Lu, 32, in front of her Arcadia home on Bonita Street. He was immediately sentenced to 29 years to life in prison. The murder occurred on January 27, 2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31949
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chang, Peter
Crime and Criminals
Lu, Liya ("Sandy")
Murders
Shootings
Item ID
32146AN
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Newspaper Index
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Deqiang Song, 26, of Monterey Park, gets life in prison without possibility of parole, for the crime of kidnapping for ransom, and a second sentence of life in prison plus four years, for the attempted murder of his then 21-year-old victim. Song met his victim through a mutual friend and took her to Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. Then he took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County. He strangled the woman and slit her throat. He called her father for ransom. She survived.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Trials
Item ID
33167AN
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Newspaper Index
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A jury convicted DeQiang Song, 24 of Monterey Park, of the kidnapping and attempted murder of a 21-year-old woman, who he knew through a mutual friend, after taking her on a trip to Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. He then took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County and bound her, strangled her, sliced her throat with a knife and left her for dead. She survived. Song asked the victim's father for $10,000 in ransom money. He will be sentenced April 26 in Alhambra Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Item ID
33084AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ex-mayor of San Gabriel Albert Y. M. Huang won't face charges in the domestic violence and robbery case because the victim Lu Chen is not available.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32262
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Huang, Albert Y. M.
Policitians
Item ID
32461AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ex-boyfriend of Arcadia woman charged with kidnapping. The ex-boyfriend's name is Robert Michael Mendez, age 27. The woman was hospitalized. Doorbell camera footage showed a man dragging a woman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35556
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Newspaper Index
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A home invasion robbery on December 12 resulted in the shooting death of 35 year old Jose Antonio Parra, while his girlfriend and three small children were locked in a bedroom. It happened on the 11000 block of Kristi Court in unincorporated county area near Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32684
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department--Homicide Bureau
Murders
Parra, Jose Antonio
Robberies
Item ID
32881AN
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Newspaper Index
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All four "tree-sitters" arrested while protesting the destruction of an 11-acre oak woodland in Arcadia appeared in Alhambra Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to one count each of trespassing and obstruction a police officer. They are John Quigley, 50, of Glendale, Julia Jaye Posin, 23 of Venice Beach, Travis Jochimsen, 28, of Lancaster and Andrea Bowers, 45 of Los Angeles. They rejected an offer of community service and payment of restitution from the District Attorney's office. The four will appear in court again April 22 for a pre-trial hearing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32356
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Activists
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Jochimsen, Travis
Oak trees
Posin, Julia Jaye
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32554AN
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Newspaper Index
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Brandon Landreth, a former John Muir High School (Pasadena) history teacher, was sentenced to 35 years to life, in state prison for killing Arcadia man Justo Cesar Morales, nearly 3 years ago. Authorities believed Landreth shot Morales because Morales was dating Landreth's ex-wife.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32338
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murder
Item ID
32536AN
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Newspaper Index
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John Quigley, one of the "Arcadia four" tree-sitters arrested on January 12, 2011, while protesting destruction of an 11-acre Arcadia woodland, has told supporters he will appear today in Alhambra Superior Court and will plead no contest to trespassing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32494
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Oak trees
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32693AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia man Larry Roger Beck, 66 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing his girlfriend's toddler son in Louisville, Kentucky 43 years ago. He admitted to shaking the 20-month old Michael Sanders, which was a factor that caused the child's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Beck, Larry Roger
Crimes and criminals
Manslaughter
Item ID
34544AN
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Newspaper Index
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Authorities identify dead woman found slain at her home in Arcadia as 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai. Detectives are still looking for whoever killed the Arcadia grandmother and stole a white Lexus RX300 from the home in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Three weeks before the killing, her home had been burglarized. Detectives are not ruling out this connection to the homicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
Subjects
Biddle, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35611AN
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Newspaper Index
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Juan Lorenzo, 33, of San Gabriel, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the 2011 stabbing death of 18-year-old Pomona man Anthony Berry. Lorenzo was working at Money Pot Shabu Shabu Restaurant in the 1300 block of S. Golden West Avenue, when he got involved in an argument with Berry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33588
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Berry, Anthony
Crime and Criminals
Lorenzo, Juan
Murder
Item ID
33783AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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No trial for Deyun Shi in the fatal beating of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, of Arcadia, and attack on his estranged wife in La Canada Flintridge. He was found mentally incompetent for trial. Instead he will get treatment at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34785
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murder
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34976AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 2001 murder of grocer Adel Karas, a 48-year old Egyptian man from Arcadia, a few days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, was initially thought to have been a hate crime. He was shot at his store International Market at 1381 E. Last Tunas in San Gabriel. Now police suspect Adel Karas was the victim of extortion. The suspects are two Latinos in their mid-20s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32176
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Karas, Adel
Murder
Item ID
32375AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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