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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
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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
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30482
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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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
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29325
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 26, 2001
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p.1
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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
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Newspaper Index
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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
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
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p. 1
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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
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30498
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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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
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32124
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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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
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Newspaper Index
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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
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
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p. 1
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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
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30153
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Citizen's Business Bank
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30340AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Planning Commission voted to support the Rancho Santa Anita Homeowners Association's Architecture Review Board (ARB) in its decision to reject changes in Ibraham Irawan's home under construction at 821 San Vicente Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31109
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Architecture Review Board (ARB)
Irawan, Ibraham
Rancho Santa Anita Homeowners Association
Item ID
31303AN
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Newspaper Index
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On Thursday, January 18, the Bank of America at 169 E. Foothill was robbed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28987
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Bank of America
Banks
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
29175AN
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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
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Retail stores
Thefts
Underwear
Victoria's Secret
Item ID
31423AN
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Newspaper Index
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A fire believed to have been started by a downed power line caused an estimated $1 million in the 100 block of West Norman Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30392
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Disasters
Fires
Item ID
30579AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30305
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
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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
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Arcadia considers joining Monrovia in reviving the Blue Star Program, in which families of men and women in the armed forces can display a symbol of that fact on their home. The matter will be put on a city council agenda in the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33223
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Meetings
Blue Star Program
Military
Item ID
33420AN
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Arcadia had a job growth of 3 percent from 1991 to 1999, according to a report from the San Gabriel Council of Governments. Arcadia job growth netted out at 652.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29044
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Job Growth
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
Item ID
29231AN
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A brush fire caused by a suspected arsonist broke out at 1:42 PM in the Santa Anita Canyon right on the Sierra Madre and Arcadia border last Monday. Flames reached within 100 feet of homes in Arcadia, but no structural damage was reported.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30510
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Item ID
30697AN
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The City Council offers $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and charging of the killer(s) of Arcadia resident Charlotte Cole. The City Council offers a $15,000 reward for information leading to the killer of two hit and run victims. The victims were an elderly man and his grandson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30513
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte
Murders - unsolved
Rewards
Item ID
30700AN
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Newspaper Index
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A man dressed in woman's clothing, Rudolfo Anderson, was arrested by the Arcadia police after he carjacked a Honda Accord at the Santa Anita YMCA in Monrovia and collided with an automobile at First Avenue and Floral.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27456
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Accident
Carjacking
Anderson, Rudolfo
Item ID
27653AN
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Anoakia Estates model homes to open for viewing by this spring. The community is made up of 31 luxury homes. Developer is Tom Hover. The homes were constructed on the site of Anoakia, an estate owned by Anita Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia city founder, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, at Foothill Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue. The homes will be 2-stories, and 5,000-6,000 square feet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33418
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
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p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Anoakia Estates
Baldwin, Anita
Housing developments
Hover, Tom
Item ID
33614AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital celebrates its centennial. There were 30 invited guests and local dignitaries, including past chiefs of staff. The hospital began in 1903 in a 2-story house on Hewitt Street in downtown Los Angeles. It was founded by the Women's Home Missionary Society and had 5 beds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31495
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2003
Pages
p. 19 w/photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2003
Pages
p. 19 w/photo
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital - history
Centennial
Item ID
31690AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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