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Glendora police have arrested a man believed to be the cat burglar who has plagued Arcadia and nearby cities in recent months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1375
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 26, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 26, 1987
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1374AN
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According to the Arcadia Police Department's monthly activity report for the month of December, which reports statistics for the entire year, daytime burglaries increased while night burglaries decreased. Also, there were no murders, 3 rapes, 2 attempted rapes, 36 assaults with a gun and 13 arrests for indecent exposure in 1987.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1379
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1988
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1378AN
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Crime statistics for the first six months of 1980 show an increase in all categories. There have already been five bank robberies this year. According to Police Chief Charles Mitchell, "We're taking a beating."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1361
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 24, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 24, 1980
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1360AN
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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
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1988
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p. A-2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - Lehman, Lillian
Item ID
1380AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1395
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1394AN
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Late-night burglars made off with $154,000 worth of jewelry and neckties from the May Co.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1987
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1987
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Department stores
May Co.
May Company
Item ID
1377AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1987
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1987
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Crime and Criminals
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1376AN
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Obituary/death notice. Lillian Lehman, 90, was found dead in her home. She may have been a murder victim.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28183
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
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p. A1
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
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p. A1
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lehman, Lillian
Crime and Criminals
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28377AN
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Crime in Arcadia increased dramatically in January with two murders and one rape reported in the first month of 1988.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1988
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Crime and Criminals
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1381AN
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Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1390
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
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1389AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Murder
Item ID
1379AN
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Article reports crime statistics for the month of January, 1980.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1980
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
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1357AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1986
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1367AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1989
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
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1390AN
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A disagreement between Arcadia's Citizen Sound Wall Committee and the acoustic engineer hired by the city to take sound readings at homes near the Foothill Freeway was patched up during a city council meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2031
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Noise Abatement
Item ID
2022AN
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More than 40 cats and kittens have taken over a foreclosed house in Arcadia and while most neighbors are complaining, some are feeding and trying to find a home for the cats. The house, at 381 Walnut Avenue, has been described as "one big litter box."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper391
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1987
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1987
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p. 1 photo
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
391AN
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Crime report for first six months of the year. The burglary rate continues to rise. The most dramatic changes have occurred in traffic control.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1364
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1981
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
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1363AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Murder
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1996AN
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Arcadia Police Chief Charles Mitchell, in a speech to the legislative committee of the Chamber of Commerce, discussed crime and law enforcement in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1359
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
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1358AN
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Arcadia Police confiscated $30,000 worth of marijuana and arrested 4 men in a sting operation at Arcadia's Embassy Suites Hotel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1376
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1375AN
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