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An illegal methamphetamine lab discovered Wednesday when it caught fire was apparently a new operation, but capable of producing a large quantity of the drug.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper127
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
September 11, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star Tribune
Date
September 11, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
127AN
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The Mexican Mafia, also known as La Eme, has a stronghold on illegal drug trafficking in the San Gabriel Valley. Fighting within the gang is causing violence, even as some key members are in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30918
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs
La Eme
Mexican Mafia
San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
31113AN
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Newspaper Index
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A joint stakeout by the police and fire departments led to four arrests and the seizure of 500 pounds of illegal fireworks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4551
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1995
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p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1995
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
4427AN
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Newspaper Index
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A Texas man was fatally shot outside a Motel 6 room at 225 Colorado Place. He is Latino and in his 40's. Police did not find any suspects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Motel 6
Deaths
Item ID
29377AN
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A 12-inch steel-jaw trap was found buried in a condominium flower bed. Such traps are illegal in California. The trap was found next to a house where a smaller device crushed the toes of a cat last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4548
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 1995
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p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 1995
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
4424AN
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Teen is killed and another was shot by off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer after the boys allegedly attacked and tried to rob him in Arcadia, at about 8:15 PM in the area of Colorado Boulevard and 1st Avenue, on May 26, 2017. A third teen that was involved ran away.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34899
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2017
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Smith, Darrius
Item ID
35089AN
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Arcadia man Ziwen Li, 30, arrested in attempted robbery of $50,000 from a man who arranged to meet Li to buy a used car, a Porsche Cayenne. See also Arcadia Weekly, May 4, 2017, p. 1, 13.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34865
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2017
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Li, Ziwen
Item ID
35055AN
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A U.S. District judge overturned convictions for bribery, mail, wire and tax fraud and harboring illegal immigrants, against George Torres, 52, of Arcadia, the former owner of Numero Uno supermarket chain. The judge threw out the more serious convictions for racketeering, conspiracy and solicitation of murder, back in June. Torres has been set free after 2 years in custody.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31722
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
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p. A5
Subjects
Business owners
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Supermarkets
Torres, George
Trials
Item ID
31919AN
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David Wei Lin, father of slain teens William Lin and Anthony Lin, testifies emotionally at brother-in-law Deyun Shi's murder trial. Anthony and William were beaten to death by a bolt cutter in their Arcadia home in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Arcadia. Deyun Shi is the uncle of the two boys and stands trial for their murders and for injuring his wife Amy Lin with a maul.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36643
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Amy
Lin, Anthony
Lin, David Wei
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
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George Torres, of Arcadia, was convicted of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, "honest services" mail fraud, and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and tax charges. The jury also found that Torres solicited the 1994 murder of a gang member who demanded a "tax" from a Numero Uno Market. George Torres owned eleven Numero Uno grocery stores in some of the region's poorest neighborhoods.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Numero Uno Markets
Racketeering
Torres, George
Item ID
31633AN
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A purse snatcher wielding a gun allegedly robbed two women. No one was injured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29265
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Purse snatchings
Robbery
Item ID
29450AN
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A federal apeals court overturned William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), convictions on two counts of arson for his role in the 2003 torching of several sport utility vehicles (SUV) at San Gabriel Valley car dealers, attacks authorities blamed on a radical environmentalist group. The court ruled that the judge in his trial should have allowed testimony regarding Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a disability that could have affected the jury's decision.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31675
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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
31873AN
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Arcadia police are investigating a car-to-car shooting on the 500 block of W. Duarte Road that took place yesterday in a medical center parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33531
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2013
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Item ID
33726AN
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Billy Cottrell, a Cal Tech graduate student who took part in a fire bombing spree that caused millions of dollars in damage to SUV dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley, was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison. See inset for chronology of ecoterror events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Sentences
Trials
Item ID
29685AN
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Bank of America at 1234 Baldwin was robbed by a man carrying a handgun. No one was injured and the robber escaped.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27378
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Bank robbery
Bank of America - Baldwin Branch
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
27577AN
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Steve DiMartino, 46, of Arcadia, accused of DUI, hit-and-run for crash at Green Street and Lake Avenue in Pasadena that injured two people.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34875
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2017
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p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2017
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
DiMartino, Steve
Item ID
35065AN
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Police arrested four people, including a 13-year-old, on prostitution-related charges last week by responding to a Craigslist advertisement. Arcadia police spokesperson Sergeant Dean Caputo said the four were arrested at Santa Anita Inn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Caputo, Sgt. Dean
Craigslist
Crime and Criminals
Prostitution
Santa Anita Inn
Solicitation
Item ID
31499AN
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Three men with handguns robbed the Mandarin Chef restaurant of about $1000 at 10:20 PM Sunday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4625
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
4501AN
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Murder trial. Deyun Shi, man accused of revenge on family. The prosecutor said Shi, a Chinese citizen, had plan to flee to Hong Kong after killing his 2 teenage nephews in Arcadia and an attack against his wife. Shi faces life in prison without parole if convicted in the January 22, 2016 killings of 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin, and of injuring his wife the day before. The boys were bludgeoned to death in their home in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36642
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Amy
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
Collection
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Joshua Martin Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court, to charges of possessing and leaving an explosive device in a backpack near a bank on Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, on Friday, January 14, 2011. He is charged with four felony counts, including possession of a destructive device near a school. Parra-Davis, a former Foothills Middle School student, was seen opening a classroom door last Friday and then later was seen dropping the backpack into some bushes. The bag contained what appeared to be a homemade explosive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32301
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32500AN
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Newspaper Index
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