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Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1381

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Lehman, Lillian

Item ID: 1380AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Snoke, Brian Lawrence; Crime and Criminals; Hutson, Scott

Item ID: 28400AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3533

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Regulations

Item ID: 3416AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two security guards foiled an auto theft in Methodist Hospital's parking lot. Eight arrests were made and two stolen cars were recovered.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1391

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1390AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Police Department donated their old tan uniforms to the Tijuana Police Department after receiving new blue uniforms.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2199AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. (Retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department)

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1982

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1982

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Secrest, George Robert

Item ID: 27045AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Brian Snoke, sentenced to life in prison for three murders, claims he was a victim of child abuse.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Snoke, Brian

Item ID: 1386AN

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

Arcadia police arrested 4 men in 4 separate rooms of the Embassy Suites motel, confiscating more than 2 ounces of cocaine and $5,600 in what police called "drug money."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 27, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 27, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1473AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The police department has been authorized to employ four new officers which will increase sworn personnel to 73. The department is purchasing three vehicles for parking control. Also authorized was the purchase of two narcotic sniffing dogs trained for the full range of police dog work.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2195AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's Police Department has received $384,025 from the federal government as its share of drug money confiscated in various arrests in the past few years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2202AN

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

Arcadia police arrested a 15-year-old boy for storing a .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol in his locker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2741

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Criminal Behavior

Item ID: 2675AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1374

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

Crime in Arcadia increased dramatically in January with two murders and one rape reported in the first month of 1988.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1382

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 17, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 17, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1381AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1377

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

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

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

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1368

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

Arcadia Police, alerted that a home was being burglarized, wound up confiscating 23 kilos of cocaine valued at $500.000 and arresting two men on suspicion of drug trafficking.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1478

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1477AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.

A 24-year-old Arcadia man, Brian Lawrence Snoke, was found guilty of three murders, including that of Arcadian Scott Hutson.

Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.

Two security guards foiled an auto theft in Methodist Hospital's parking lot. Eight arrests were made and two stolen cars were recovered.

The Arcadia Police Department donated their old tan uniforms to the Tijuana Police Department after receiving new blue uniforms.

Obituary/death notice. (Retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department)

Brian Snoke, sentenced to life in prison for three murders, claims he was a victim of child abuse.

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.

Arcadia police arrested 4 men in 4 separate rooms of the Embassy Suites motel, confiscating more than 2 ounces of cocaine and $5,600 in what police called "drug money."

The police department has been authorized to employ four new officers which will increase sworn personnel to 73. The department is purchasing three vehicles for parking control. Also authorized was the purchase of two narcotic sniffing dogs trained for the full range of police dog work.

Arcadia's Police Department has received $384,025 from the federal government as its share of drug money confiscated in various arrests in the past few years.

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

Arcadia police arrested a 15-year-old boy for storing a .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol in his locker.

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

Crime in Arcadia increased dramatically in January with two murders and one rape reported in the first month of 1988.

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

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

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.

Arcadia Police, alerted that a home was being burglarized, wound up confiscating 23 kilos of cocaine valued at $500.000 and arresting two men on suspicion of drug trafficking.