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A man with a stun gun shot and tried to kidnap two 16-year old girls walking down Golden West Avenue, but resident Dale Raine's yells scared the man away.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3741
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1994
Pages
P. 3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1994
Pages
P. 3 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
3609AN
Collection
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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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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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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Police have arrested nine people who are believed to be members of a San Gabriel Valley Asian gang that has been under investigation in recent months for terrorizing local Asian youths. Four adults and five juveniles were taken into custody after police linked them with a February 15 kidnapping, attempted extortion and assault.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1397
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs see also Gang Activity
Item ID
1396AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Arcadia man, 72-year-old Richard Cole, in the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole, who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot. Although he was a person of interest initially, the case remained open and went cold for 10 years. Investigators gathered evidence in the last year, leading to his arrest on Sunday, November 4, 2012. This was his second arrest in the killing.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Murders
Walton, Bill
Item ID
33453AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A 55-year-old Arcadia man was shot dead at Chantry Flat Campground on April 28, 2011. His name has not been released. He died at Huntington Hospital.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chantry Flat Campground
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Shootings
Item ID
32585AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Three men with handguns robbed the Mandarin Chef restaurant of about $1000 at 10:20 PM Sunday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4625
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
4501AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A gunman posing as a delivery man bound a housekeeper during a home-invasion robbery in the 300 block of California Street at about 10:00 AM. He stole a safe, jewelry and watches. Police are seeking information from the public.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32233
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32432AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Francie Bagnall, 47, died after being shot with a .357 Magnum. Joseph Randazzo, 35, of Arcadia was arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1995
Pages
p. A-4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1995
Pages
p. A-4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Bagnall, Francie
Randazzo, Joseph
Item ID
4430AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Teen is killed and another was shot by off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer after the boys allegedly attacked and tried to rob him in Arcadia, at about 8:15 PM in the area of Colorado Boulevard and 1st Avenue, on May 26, 2017. A third teen that was involved ran away.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34899
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Smith, Darrius
Item ID
35089AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Man Yao was robbed when she returned to her home in the 800 block of Volante Drive about 7:15 P.M. Sunday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
10997AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35297
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
Collection
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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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
7977AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Harry Sneider, 52, 5 feet 10 inches, 215 pounds, won 1st place in the world master's championship in bench-pressing in the 50-54 year old category in November in Pennsylvania. He is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper194
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 1993
Pages
p. 12 photo; Highlander section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 1993
Pages
p. 12 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Sneider's Family Fitness see also Harry Snyder
Item ID
194AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals - Rape
Item ID
4384AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Monterey Park man Kwan Yuen Chow, 31, who was charged with committing lewd acts on two 10-year-old boys on separate occasions at Dave & Buster's restroom at Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall, was found not competent to stand trial and ordered to be transferred to Patton State Hospital

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34091
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Chow, Kwan Yuen
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34285AN
Collection
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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
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
Collection
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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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murder
Item ID
32536AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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31-year old Kwan Chow of Monterey Park was arrested for fondling a 10-year-old boy in the restroom at Dave and Buster's at Westfield Santa Anita mall on November 10, 2014.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Chow, Kwan
Crime and Criminals
Sexual abuse
Item ID
34207AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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