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Based on the description and surveillance video, Arcadia police believe the same man may have robbed two 7-Eleven stores this month. The most recent robbery took place on May 20 at the 7-Eleven at Live Oak and Tyler Avenues. The previous crime occurred on May 10 at the 7-Eleven at 1003 S. Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32071
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Convenience stores
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32268AN
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Arcadia police arrest La Mirada man Christopher Cook for package robbery. The package had a GPS tracking device. Officers arrested him in South Gate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34876
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2017
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2017
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Cook, Christopher
Item ID
35066AN
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Arcadia man Feng Xian, 21, was arrested by South Pasadena police and was charged with 8 felony counts of credit card fraud and forgery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33361
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Xian, Feng
Item ID
33557AN
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Arcadia police have seen an increase in "distraction burglaries" in recent weeks and advises residents not to open the door to strangers. In this type of crime, the burglar is invited into a home after gaining the trust of the victim. While talking to the victim or using some other ruse to distract the resident, a second person enters and burglarizes the home. This has happened on the 300 block of Joyce Avenue and on the 1400 block of Rodeo Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32211
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2010
Pages
p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2010
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
32410AN
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Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch, 36, was arrested and charged with grand theft. He allegedly embezzled funds from the Arcadia Police Officers' Association over a period of several months. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was no longer employed by Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33643
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--employees
Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33838AN
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2017
Pages
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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Arcadia residence in the 2500 block of South Santa Anita Avenue used for indoor pot operation. Alhambra man arrested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33363
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Drugs
Marijuana
Item ID
33559AN
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Arcadia Police Department bust suspected brothel in the 400 block of West Duarte Road. Two female Chinese nationals and two male San Gabriel Valley residents were arrested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34428
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Brothels
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34621AN
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Arcadia police fight holiday theft with "bait packages" with GPS tracking devices. Two suspects, Dandre Lagerman and Steve Lopez, have been arrested following this operation. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 16, December 24, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34387
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 21, 2015
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 21, 2015
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lageman, Dandre or Lagerman, Dandre
Lopez, Steve
Thefts
Item ID
34580AN
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35297
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
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Arcadia Police Department and Monrovia Police Department catch vacuum thief who stole a $600 vacuum from a store on Huntington Drive, then he caught the 187 Foothill Transit Bus to get away. The police cited and released him on the promise to appear in court on the charge of theft.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34634
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thieves
Item ID
34826AN
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Troy Lucarelli, 43, of Temple City, was arrested by Monrovia Police, after he broke into a woman's home in Arcadia, robbed her of her car keys and stole her car in the 900 block of Paloma Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2015
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2015
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lucarelli, Troy
Robberies
Item ID
34579AN
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Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Arcadia man, 72-year-old Richard Cole, in the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole, who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot. Although he was a person of interest initially, the case remained open and went cold for 10 years. Investigators gathered evidence in the last year, leading to his arrest on Sunday, November 4, 2012. This was his second arrest in the killing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Murders
Walton, Bill
Item ID
33453AN
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Four Chinese nationals were arrested on federal and state charges for their alleged involvement in brothels in Monterey Park and San Gabriel. Jian "David" Guo, 42, of Arcadia, Huagui "Candy" Lotto, 53, of Rowland Heights, Lotto's husband Phillip Fu, 47, of Rowland Heights, and Yibin Zhang, 45, of Monterey Park, were arrested. If convicted of the state charges, the maximum sentence would be 7 years and 4 months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32136
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Brothels
Crime and Criminals
Guo, Jian "David"
Prostitution
Item ID
32333AN
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Mei-Rung Lin, 47, was arrested in Arcadia and repatriated to Taipei, Taiwan, in connection with a 2.15 million dollar embezzlement scheme in her homeland. She was the subject of a "red notice" issues by the International Criminal Police Organization, better known as INTERPOL.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32324
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
Lin, Mei-Rung
Item ID
32523AN
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Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch (photo), 36, was arrested for embezzlement of Arcadia Police Officers' Association funds. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was terminated. Blesch allegedly charegd more than $50,000 for personal items on a police association's credit card. He pleaded not guilty to a felony count of grand theft by embezzlement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33633
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33828AN
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Monrovia man David King Brewster has been charged with attempted murder of a peace officer, as he became combative and began fighting with two Arcadia police officers for no apparent reason, on July 6, 2015 in the 400 block of East Huntington Drive. Brewster may have been under the influence of a controlled substance. He punched one officer in the face and choked the other officer in an attempt to use cause serious or fatal injury to him.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34235
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Brewster, David King
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34429AN
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Homeless man David King Brewster, 25, was sentenced to two years in state prison for attacking Arcadia police officer on July 6, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34462
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police
Brewster, David King
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34654AN
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Secret brothels in residential areas of Monterey Park, Alhambra dand Rowland Heights were uncovered recently. Among the conspirators arrested was Jian "David" Guo, 42, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32137
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Brothels
Crime and Criminals
Guo, Jian "David"
Prostitution
Item ID
32334AN
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Arcadia police arrested Michael Kelly, 44, on suspicion of killing his 47-year-old brother Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly's body was found inside the apartment they shared in the 800 block of Fairview Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32145
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Homicide
Kelly, Brian
Kelly, Michael
Murder
Item ID
32342AN
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