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Four suspects involved in an Arcadia bank robbery had their original bail amounts increased from $35,000 to $280,000 and upwards of $300,000. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Allen, Aaron; Bank robbery; Burnham, Robert; Crime and Criminals; Ramirez, Wilfredo; Young, Melonie

Item ID: 30685AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police are calling this past holiday season quiet in terms of criminal activity. The one crime of note was the bank robbery of Citizen's Business Bank on First Avenue on December 31, 2001.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Citizen's Business Bank; Bank robbery; Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 30340AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Victoria's Secret store in the Westfield Santa Anita Shoppingtown has been hit by thieves in recent months. $3,000 in merchandise was stolen in the past month. Thieves accounted for roughly $150,000 in losses last year alone.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31228

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 17, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 17, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Retail stores; Thefts; Underwear; Victoria's Secret

Item ID: 31423AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Mayor Dr. Sheng Chang said he plans to sue two business partners for libel over their charges that he embezzled money from the Access IPA medical group. Dr. Araceli Chanbonpin and Dr. Azucena Porrai charged in a letter that Chang improperly closed a savings account in the company's name at Bank of East Asia. The amount in the account was $421,483.59. Chang, who is president of Access IPA, said he moved the funds to Preferred Bank to establish more banking relationships for the company. When the other two doctors objected, Chang said he moved the money back to the Bank of East Asia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 19

Subjects: Chang, Dr. Sheng; Lawsuits; Libel; Mayors

Item ID: 31430AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On Thursday, January 18, the Bank of America at 169 E. Foothill was robbed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 25, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 25, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Bank of America; Banks; Crime and Criminals; Robbery

Item ID: 29175AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On Friday in Arcadia, a bank robbery suspect, Ricky Allana, was killed in a confrontation with the sheriff's special weapons team.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 9, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 9, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Allana, Ricky; Robbery

Item ID: 27917AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Authorities have released Joshua Connole of Pomona, a suspect in the August 22 vehicle vandalisms labeled by FBI as acts of ecoterrorism. More than $2 million in damage was caused by vandals claiming affiliation with the Earth Liberation Front. High-end sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other vehicles at the Rusnak Mercedes Benz dealership in Arcadia, Advantage Ford in Monrovia, Clippinger Chevrolet in West Covina, and Duarte Mitsubishi were torched and spray painted.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 18, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 15

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 18, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 15

Subjects: Connole, Joshua; Crime and Criminals; Ecoterrorism; Sport utility vehicles (SUVs); Vandalism

Item ID: 32321AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The fatal shooting of two Asian men last week in Arcadia was probably gang-related. These are unsolved murders.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30538

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 12, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 12, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Lam, Wing Wong; Murder; Shootings; Tsui, Kenneth

Item ID: 30726AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police pursued and arrested armed suspects after they robbed a Wells Fargo Bank at 211 East Foothill Boulevard. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Allen, Aaron; Bank robbery; Burnham, Robert; Crime and Criminals; Ramirez, Wilfredo; Young, Melonie

Item ID: 30669AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Bank of America branch at 167 E. Foothill was robbed of an undisclosed amount by two men.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 5, 2000 p. 1; October 12, 2000 p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 5, 2000 p. 1; October 12, 2000 p. 3

Subjects: Bank of America; Robbery

Item ID: 27908AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Feds (Secret Service, part of the U.S. Treasury Department) take over counterfeiting case from Arcadia Police Department. Five individuals were arrested on suspicion of passing counterfeit bills at Robinsons-May, Macy's and possibly JC Penney, at Westfield Shoppingtown in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33415

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 20, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 7

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 20, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 7

Subjects: Counterfeit money; Crime and Criminals; Pena, Alfonso; Portillo, Juan

Item ID: 33611AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia printer Jamie Cambrelen assists as many as 800 people a week with twice a week food distributions. He works the program out of his home and the New Christian Life Center church.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 26, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 26, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Cambrelen, Jamie; Charities

Item ID: 27913AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Question & Answer with Arcadia City Council candidates Roger Chandler, Bob Harbicht, Gary Kovacic, Gail Marshall, and John Wuo. This week they answer the question: "When the state takes money from the cities, as expected, and we must cut to accommodate, name some of the #1 areas you would want to look at for savings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33468

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 28, 2002

Pages: p. 24

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 28, 2002

Pages: p. 24

Subjects: Arcadia City Council elections--2002; Chandler, Roger; Harbicht, Robert; Kovacic, Gary; Marshall, Gail; Wuo, John

Item ID: 33663AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Public Library received a $30,000 donation from the Friends of the Arcadia Library volunteers. The money will help pay for programs and materials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31629

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 15, 2004

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 15, 2004

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Donations; Friends of the Arcadia Public Library; Volunteers

Item ID: 31826AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After months of preparation and more than $300,000 expenditures in the aftermath of the Santa Anita II fires that diverted a wall of mud from homes, the fire-ravaged hillside seemed to be holding despite the rain storms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27427

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 17, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 17, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires; Mudslides

Item ID: 27624AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia city council will vote on an ordinance prohibiting loitering by members of street gangs. The ordinance defines a "criminal street gang" as three or more people with a primary activity to commit offenses, such as murder, assault, robbery, or drug-related crimes. There are eight active Asian gangs within the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31196

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 3, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 3, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Gangs; Loitering; Ordinances

Item ID: 31391AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Robert Mike Macardican allegedly stabbed a man and fled to a house on Don Pablo Drive. A SWAT team forced him out and he was arrested.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 26, 2001

Pages: p.1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 26, 2001

Pages: p.1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Macardican, Robert Mike; Assault with a deadly weapon; Stabbings; SWAT

Item ID: 29509AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

For fiscal 1999-2000, city revenues are projected to be more than $1.5 million higher than previously projected.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27423

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 10, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 10, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Budget; Revenues

Item ID: 27620AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Rumor's bar owner Scott Hammond shot and killed a suspect trying to break into his bar located at 48 E. Huntington Drive. Separately, the merchant of AM Donuts on Las Tunas wounded one of two suspects trying to rob his store.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 9, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 25

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 9, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 25

Subjects: AM Donuts; Crime and Criminals; Hammond, Scott; King, Chet; Robbery; Rumor's; Shootings

Item ID: 30492AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The FBI is tracking vandals who caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage across San Gabriel Valley area sport utility vehicle dealerships. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for these acts of ecoterrorism.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31844

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 28, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 28, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Earth Liberation Front (ELF); Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV); Vandalism

Item ID: 32041AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Four suspects involved in an Arcadia bank robbery had their original bail amounts increased from $35,000 to $280,000 and upwards of $300,000. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

Arcadia police are calling this past holiday season quiet in terms of criminal activity. The one crime of note was the bank robbery of Citizen's Business Bank on First Avenue on December 31, 2001.

The Victoria's Secret store in the Westfield Santa Anita Shoppingtown has been hit by thieves in recent months. $3,000 in merchandise was stolen in the past month. Thieves accounted for roughly $150,000 in losses last year alone.

On Thursday, January 18, the Bank of America at 169 E. Foothill was robbed.

On Friday in Arcadia, a bank robbery suspect, Ricky Allana, was killed in a confrontation with the sheriff's special weapons team.

The fatal shooting of two Asian men last week in Arcadia was probably gang-related. These are unsolved murders.

Arcadia police pursued and arrested armed suspects after they robbed a Wells Fargo Bank at 211 East Foothill Boulevard. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

The Bank of America branch at 167 E. Foothill was robbed of an undisclosed amount by two men.

The Feds (Secret Service, part of the U.S. Treasury Department) take over counterfeiting case from Arcadia Police Department. Five individuals were arrested on suspicion of passing counterfeit bills at Robinsons-May, Macy's and possibly JC Penney, at Westfield Shoppingtown in Arcadia.

Arcadia printer Jamie Cambrelen assists as many as 800 people a week with twice a week food distributions. He works the program out of his home and the New Christian Life Center church.

Arcadia Public Library received a $30,000 donation from the Friends of the Arcadia Library volunteers. The money will help pay for programs and materials.

After months of preparation and more than $300,000 expenditures in the aftermath of the Santa Anita II fires that diverted a wall of mud from homes, the fire-ravaged hillside seemed to be holding despite the rain storms.

Robert Mike Macardican allegedly stabbed a man and fled to a house on Don Pablo Drive. A SWAT team forced him out and he was arrested.

For fiscal 1999-2000, city revenues are projected to be more than $1.5 million higher than previously projected.

Rumor's bar owner Scott Hammond shot and killed a suspect trying to break into his bar located at 48 E. Huntington Drive. Separately, the merchant of AM Donuts on Las Tunas wounded one of two suspects trying to rob his store.

The FBI is tracking vandals who caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage across San Gabriel Valley area sport utility vehicle dealerships. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for these acts of ecoterrorism.