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On February 20, 1997 Arcadia police officers responded to an emergency call in the 600 block of S. First Avenue regarding a stabbing in progress. A suspect was arrested and the victim transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 27, 1997
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 27, 1997
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9127AN
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Charlotte Cowan, now in her 23rd year of teaching at Longley Way School, was selected to receive the Outstanding Teacher Award. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Cowan, Charlotte
Item ID
2830AN
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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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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1995
Pages
p. A-4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Bagnall, Francie
Randazzo, Joseph
Item ID
4430AN
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Police arrested two men and are seeking two others in connection with a stabbing that occurred at the height of the holiday shopping season at the Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11724AN
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A suspect is arrested in the murder of Warren C. ("Bob") Spinney.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 15, 1983
Pages
p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 15, 1983
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Murder
Spinney, Warren C.
Item ID
27292AN
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A Monrovia man was arrested in connection with the recent murder of Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle. The suspect, a parolee, was spotted driving Van Wickle's car.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Murder
Van Wickle, Matt
Item ID
1998AN
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The family of Cathy LaCorte successfully blocked the parole of Richard Johnson who murdered Cathy and her boyfriend Bob Morton at Chantry Flat in 1976.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Morton, Bob
Johnson, Richard
Murder
Item ID
25970AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sam and Louise LaCorte have collected 24,671 signatures from people opposed to the parole of Richard Lanill Johnson, the man who killed their daughter. Johnson was convicted of shooting and killing Catherine LaCorte and Robert Morton in the foothills above Arcadia on February 11, 1976.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - LaCorte, Catherine
Murder - Morton, Robert
Murder - Johnson, Richard Lanill
Item ID
1365AN
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Richard Lanill Johnson was convicted in 1976 of murdering Cathy LaCorte of Arcadia. His next parole hearing is set for October, 1996.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Crime and Criminals
Johnson, Richard Lanill
Item ID
6518AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Item ID
1379AN
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The body of Wenda Peter Liu was found lying in a hallway after police responded to a 911 call by one of his sons. The son, age 20, was arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Item ID
4456AN
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Convicted killer Prentice Juan Snow receives the death penalty for the murder of Alfred Koll.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1982
Pages
p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1982
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Murder - Koll, Alfred
Murder - Snow, Prentice Juan
Crime & criminals
Item ID
26965AN
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A possible reversal of the death sentence verdict of Prentice Juan Snow is described. He was convicted of the murder Alfred Koll.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1982
Pages
"p. A1,2"
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1982
Pages
"p. A1,2"
Subjects
Murder - Koll, Alfred
Murder - Snow, Prentice Juan
Crime & criminals
Item ID
26977AN
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The husband and wife suspected of enslaving and torturing a 20-year old woman from mainland China allegedly kept a second slave and may have imported as many as a half dozen people into the United States. Dianji Zhai and Hua Jiang of Arcadia have been arrested.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9513AN
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Recent murders stir fear in city.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1985
Pages
p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1985
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime - Murder
Higgins, Patricia Elaine
Cannon, Mary Louise
Item ID
27862AN
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Brian Snoke, sentenced to life in prison for three murders, claims he was a victim of child abuse.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - Snoke, Brian
Item ID
1386AN
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Francisco Morfin, accused murderer of Wayne Seislove, is ordered to take psychiatric testing.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1983
Pages
p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1983
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime - Murder
Seislove, Wayne
Morfin, Francisco
Item ID
27427AN
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Brian Snoke, an Arcadia man convicted of three murders, was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 15, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 15, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder- Snoke, Brian
Item ID
1385AN
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The Arcadia City Council has offered a $5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders of 2 Arcadia women who were slain at their homes in the past weeks.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Murder
Item ID
1996AN
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Keith W. Renken of Arcadia was presented with the Distinguished Business Leader Award by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 1996
Pages
p. D2 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 1996
Pages
p. D2 photo
Subjects
Renken, Keith W.
Item ID
5896AN
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