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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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1374AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1378AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1360AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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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

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

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Department stores; May Co.; May Company

Item ID: 1377AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police arrested two Arcadia High School students 16, and 15, in connection with a December 11 racial incident in which a cross was burned and anti-Asian epithets were scrawled on the front yard of a home in the 200 block of Arbolada Drive. The two boys were booked for damaging property based on ethnic origin and were released to the custody of their parents.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1395AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

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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

Obituary/death notice. Lillian Lehman, 90, was found dead in her home. She may have been a murder victim.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Lehman, Lillian; Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 28377AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

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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

Law enforcement officials said the number of bank robberies in Arcadia has tripled since last year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 17, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 17, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1400AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1389AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Steven Wu of Arcadia was convicted on all 35 charges that he raped his unconscious sisters-in-law while capturing the events on videotape.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Wu, Steven

Item ID: 1397AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police have arrested nine people who are believed to be members of a San Gabriel Valley Asian gang that has been under investigation in recent months for terrorizing local Asian youths. Four adults and five juveniles were taken into custody after police linked them with a February 15 kidnapping, attempted extortion and assault.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 4, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 4, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Gangs see also Gang Activity

Item ID: 1396AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder

Item ID: 1379AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article reports crime statistics for the month of January, 1980.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1357AN

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.

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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

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

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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

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 9, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 9, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise Abatement

Item ID: 2022AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: Animals

Item ID: 391AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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.

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."

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.

Late-night burglars made off with $154,000 worth of jewelry and neckties from the May Co.

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

Obituary/death notice. Lillian Lehman, 90, was found dead in her home. She may have been a murder victim.

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

Law enforcement officials said the number of bank robberies in Arcadia has tripled since last year.

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.

Steven Wu of Arcadia was convicted on all 35 charges that he raped his unconscious sisters-in-law while capturing the events on videotape.

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

Article reports crime statistics for the month of January, 1980.

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.

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

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.

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."