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A judge sentences two men to die by lethal injection for murdering two children and three adults in a 1995 attack that prosecutors said was ordered by the Mexican Mafia prison gang. One of the defendants was Jimmy Palma, 23, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9926
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
9883AN
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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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Jimmy Palma, 22, of Arcadia received a death-penalty recommendation for the April 22, 1995 massacre of five people in El Monte. A final decision on the matter will be announced by the presiding judge on February 19, 1997.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
8087AN
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William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32002AN
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Arcadia man Robert Michael Mendez, 28, pleads no contest to beating ex-girlfriend, the mother of his two children, on September 29, 2019.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 24, 2020
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Arcadia, E. O. Rodeffer, and Public Storage won a round in their legal dispute with the city of El Monte. On March 12, Superior Court Judge Norman Douds ordered El Monte to allow San Gabriel Valley Water Company to dig up El Monte streets to install water lines to a Public Storage building partially located in Arcadia.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1987
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1987
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
Item ID
330AN
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Isaac John Campbell, 33, pleaded not guilty to murdering his former girlfriend, Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can at his friend's home in Arcadia. Campbell will return to Alhambra Superior Court on June 19 for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31191AN
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80-year old Arcadian Dolores Munoz has been named Mexican mother of the year.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Weekly Section
Date
May 12, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Weekly Section
Date
May 12, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Munoz, Dolores
Item ID
19387AN
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Teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Pasadena Superior Court. He allegedly confessed to his ex-wife that he shot 25-year old Justo Cesar Morales to death at his parents' Canyon Road home in Northern Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30978
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Item ID
31173AN
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Thomas L. Willhite, 50, of Arcadia to the State Court of Appeal for the Second District. Willhite has also been a Superior Court judge and a Los Angeles Municipal Court judge.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Willhite, Thomas L.
Judges
State Court of Appeal
Superior Court
Item ID
29585AN
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Tranquility of Arcadia disrupted by barricaded gunman. Arcadia Police officer and two civilians wounded when police responded to a domestic violence call in the 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue in Arcadia. The suspect Nurhan Venk, 47, allegedly shot the Arcadia police officer in the face, allegedly shot his 73-year-old mother Ankine Venk. A stray bullet hit an 83-year-old man across the street.

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Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
Pages
p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Ankine
Venk, Nurhan
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California Governor Gavin Newsom appoints area legislator, Assembly Member Ed Chau, as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge. The move will require a special election to fill the San Gabriel Valley seat for the remainder of Chau's term. Chau would've been termed out of the Assembly in 2024. Chau represented the 49th Assembly District, which includes Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino and Temple City and parts of Montebello and South El Monte. It's the only legislative district where people of Asian descent account for a majority of the population at 54%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36114
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
California State Assembly
Chau, Ed
Los Angeles County Superior Court judges
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Man, 52, gets two life sentences for killing his nephews in Arcadia. Deyun Shi will spend the rest of his life in prison without a chance for parole for killing 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin in their Arcadia home on the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, and for attacking his now-former wife Amy Lin, at the couple's La Canada Flintridge residence.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36683
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Domestic abuse
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
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John Anderson, 52, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court to a probation violation related to a 2005 conviction for prowling, peeking, and trespassing in Arcadia. He allegedly shot a veteran Monrovia police sergeant too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30972
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Anderson, John
Crime and Criminals
Sex offenders
Shootings
Item ID
31167AN
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Peter Phoenix, 27, of Rosemead, was found guilty of four of seven counts of "distraction burglaries" targeting seniors in the San Gabriel Valley. His sentence is 144 years in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30130
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Phoenix, Peter
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30317AN
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The body of Liya Lu, a 31-year-old woman, was found in a back yard on Baldwin Avenue. Her American name is "Jessie". She was last seen on August 11. See also 30907AN.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30717
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
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A 24-year-old Arcadia man, Brian Lawrence Snoke, was found guilty of three murders, including that of Arcadian Scott Hutson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28206
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
Pages
p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Snoke, Brian Lawrence
Crime and Criminals
Hutson, Scott
Item ID
28400AN
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Alhambra Superior Court Judge Alice Hill found "sufficient cause" to hold Isaac Campbell, 34, to be tried for the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu. He will be arraigned May 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31446
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Hill, Alice
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31639AN
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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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After serving 17 years as a crossing guard, 83-year-old Harry Christianson is retiring. The children at Highland Oaks honored him with a special Mr. Chris Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper942
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Christianson, Harry
Item ID
942AN
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Newspaper Index
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