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Article summarizes the case of Darlis Clark which will go to trial November 17. Clark's home was the target of a 1987 police raid.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Clark, Darlis
Item ID
1219AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadian Darlis Clark, who sued the LA Police Dept. for allegedly lying to a judge and falsifying information to obtain a search warrant to search her home in June, 1987, lost her federal civil rights lawsuit in a 6-0 verdict. The LAPD had hoped to link Clark in an investigation of ZZZBest carpet cleaning whiz kid Barry Minkow and organized crime.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Clark, Darlis
Item ID
1220AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Mounted Police Reserve has filed a lawsuit against the City. The suit apparently stems from the City taking over the organization's headquarters (City owned property) due to members' refusal to allow the City access to their financial records.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
Organizations-Arcadia Mounted Police Reserve
Item ID
1AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The family of John Chan has filed a claim aagainst Arcadia and the police, saying officers' negligence led to his death. Chan died in a traffic accident in February.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1999
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1999
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chan, John
Item ID
17517AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police are investigating a claim by Ken Wright, an Altadena man, that a plainclothes Arcadia officer followed him to Pasadena and, without identifying himself, shot at him at least 5 times. Wright will file a claim for damages against the officer and the Arcadia police department.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1981
Pages
p. C-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1981
Pages
p. C-3
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2196AN
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The family of John Chan, the 44-year-old Arcadian who was killed by Lisa Welchert in a drunk driving traffic accident, filed a claim against the City because they feel the police officers left Welchert apparently passed out in her car and returned to their patrol cars, allowing her to escape from the police in her automobile.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa
Automobile Accident
Drunk Driving
Lawsuits
Murder
Item ID
27174AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Deborah Pierce, 29, discharged from the Arcadia Police Department for failure to meet probationary standards, has filed a sexual discrimination and harassment claim, alleging that officers watched pornographic videos while on duty.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Pierce, Deborah
Police Department
Item ID
220AN
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The Arcadia Police Department has filed murder charges against Lisa Melinda Welchert, an alleged drunk driver involved in a fatal accident on Huntington Drive which killed John Chan.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 1999
March 18, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 1999
March 18, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Item ID
27082AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two women have filed formal complaints against two male supervisors of custodial services at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
November 7, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star Tribune
Date
November 7, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
People
Item ID
146AN
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The City will pay $1.25 million to the Sully Miller Contracting Co. to settle a breach-of-contract lawsuit the company filed after it was fired from the Downtown 2000 project.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment - Downtown 2000
Item ID
8855AN
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One year has passed since the Sully-Miller Contracting Co. filed a $2 million breach-of-contract suit against Arcadia, claiming the City illegally terminated it from the Downtown 2000 project.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment - Downtown 2000
Item ID
7984AN
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Arcadia police Sgt. Dean Caputo is discussed in an article about police officers responding to off-duty situations. Photo.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Caputo, Dean
Item ID
4489AN
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Three Arcadia police officers carried a torch through the city for the California Special Olympics.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2204AN
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Sergeant Randy Kirby was recently named "1995 Officer of the Year" by the Arcadia Police Officers Association. He is profiled.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
January 25, 1996
Pages
p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 25, 1996
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Kirby, Randy
Item ID
5554AN
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The State Supreme Court ended a three-year battle between El Monte and Arcadia, dismissing a lawsuit filed against Arcadia for approving a proposed landfill along El Monte's border. Rodeffer Industries, Inc. must still get approval from several state and regional agencies before proceeding.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Actions and Defenses
Rodeffer Landfill
Item ID
10031AN
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Deborah Pierce, 29, who was discharged 2 months before the end of her training period with the Arcadia Police Department, has filed a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, alleging that she was fired for complaining that officers watched pornographic movies on duty, uttered racial epithets and sexually harassed her.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
March 14, 1993
Pages
p. J-1
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
March 14, 1993
Pages
p. J-1
Subjects
Pierce, Deborah
Police Department
Item ID
221AN
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Police halt motel bandit, William Howard Hays, with bullet. Arcadia officers stop thief at Eaton's and recover cash loot. The Arcadia police officers involved were T. G. Bednark and W. L. Reddington. See hard copy in VF Crime and Criminals.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 22, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 22, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Bednark, T. G.
Crime and Criminals
Eaton's
Hays, William Howard
Reddington, W. L.
Item ID
33191AN
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The Arcadia Teachers Association's charge of unfair labor practices against the Arcadia School District will be filed with the Public Employee Relations Board.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2795AN
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A plaque in honor of Officer Albert E. Matthies, the only Arcadia police officer killed in the line of duty, will be dedicated by the Police Department on July 9th. Attending will be Officer Matthies' two daughters, Minnie Matthies and Zora Kristufek.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Police
Matthies, Albert E.
Item ID
6079AN
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The Arcadia Police Department has been hit by 4 separate claims of racial and sexual discrimination and harassment in the last year. Those making accusations include Beverly Hayden, owner of the Burger Palace; Gus and Alicia Alfavo, who claim their son was harassed because he is Latino; Deborah Piere, a former probationary officer who filed a discrimination lawsuit; and a woman cadet who claimed sexual harassment and discrimination.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
October 6, 1994
Pages
p. J - 3,5 photos
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
October 6, 1994
Pages
p. J - 3,5 photos
Subjects
Arcadia Police Dept. - Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Item ID
4243AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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