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Arcadia Police Chief Charles Mitchell, in a speech to the legislative committee of the Chamber of Commerce, discussed crime and law enforcement in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1358AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Crime statistics for the first six months of 1980 show an increase in all categories. There have already been five bank robberies this year. According to Police Chief Charles Mitchell, "We're taking a beating."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1360AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1389AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1371AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A nationwide forgery scheme uncovered by the Arcadia Police Department has resulted in the arrest of three men at the Santa Anita Avenue branch of the Bank of America.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1361AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An international businessman was abducted from his Arcadia home and later released the same evening after his abductors demanded he pay them $1 million. He was told that he would be contacted the next day with instructions about where to put the money, but no money has been paid. This is the first kidnapping of this type in Arcadia, although there have been four other kidnappings in the San Gabriel Valley since last October.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1394AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A cat burglar has been entering homes in Arcadia at night during the last month and taking women's purses while residents were asleep.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1372AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to year-end figures released by the Arcadia Police Department, the number of felonies for 1986 as compared to 1985 declined by 72, from 2857 to 2785.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1370AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The number of serious crimes occurring in Arcadia during April was up compared to April 1986, from 231 to 249.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1376AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia and Pasadena police captured two suspects in a jewelry store robbery which took place at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1387AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Services were held Wednesday for George Robert Secrest, a retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department, who died June 9. Secrest had been a law enforcement officer for 26 years. Recently he had been employed by Huntington Bank.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police - Secrest, George Robert

Item ID: 2223AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Glendora police have arrested a man believed to be the cat burglar who has plagued Arcadia and nearby cities in recent months.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1374AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police Captain Richard Honaker is retiring after 34 years in law enforcement, 17 of which have been spent in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 16, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 16, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Police - Honaker, Richard

Item ID: 2216AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Police Department has stationed three officers in a special trailer outside the Santa Anita Fashion Park mall. They anticipate and increase in shoplifting incidents as Christmas approaches.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1388AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article reports Arcadia's crime rates for the year. Burglary down, theft up.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1392AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Compared with February 1986, felonies in Arcadia for February of this year are up by 2 incidents, from 222 to 224.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1373AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder

Item ID: 1379AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1367AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to the Arcadia Police Department's monthly activity report for the month of December, which reports statistics for the entire year, daytime burglaries increased while night burglaries decreased. Also, there were no murders, 3 rapes, 2 attempted rapes, 36 assaults with a gun and 13 arrests for indecent exposure in 1987.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1378AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

For the first time in 15 years, the Arcadia Police Department has a motorcycle patrol. The department recently purchased 2 Kawasaki 1000 motorcycles for traffic enforcement.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2201AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia Police Chief Charles Mitchell, in a speech to the legislative committee of the Chamber of Commerce, discussed crime and law enforcement in Arcadia.

Crime statistics for the first six months of 1980 show an increase in all categories. There have already been five bank robberies this year. According to Police Chief Charles Mitchell, "We're taking a beating."

Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

A nationwide forgery scheme uncovered by the Arcadia Police Department has resulted in the arrest of three men at the Santa Anita Avenue branch of the Bank of America.

A cat burglar has been entering homes in Arcadia at night during the last month and taking women's purses while residents were asleep.

According to year-end figures released by the Arcadia Police Department, the number of felonies for 1986 as compared to 1985 declined by 72, from 2857 to 2785.

The number of serious crimes occurring in Arcadia during April was up compared to April 1986, from 231 to 249.

Arcadia and Pasadena police captured two suspects in a jewelry store robbery which took place at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

Services were held Wednesday for George Robert Secrest, a retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department, who died June 9. Secrest had been a law enforcement officer for 26 years. Recently he had been employed by Huntington Bank.

Glendora police have arrested a man believed to be the cat burglar who has plagued Arcadia and nearby cities in recent months.

Arcadia police Captain Richard Honaker is retiring after 34 years in law enforcement, 17 of which have been spent in Arcadia.

The Arcadia Police Department has stationed three officers in a special trailer outside the Santa Anita Fashion Park mall. They anticipate and increase in shoplifting incidents as Christmas approaches.

Article reports Arcadia's crime rates for the year. Burglary down, theft up.

Compared with February 1986, felonies in Arcadia for February of this year are up by 2 incidents, from 222 to 224.

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

For the first time in 15 years, the Arcadia Police Department has a motorcycle patrol. The department recently purchased 2 Kawasaki 1000 motorcycles for traffic enforcement.