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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Wu, Steven
Item ID
1397AN
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James Jason Stathum was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the videotaped fatal shooting of Arcadia resident Munther Farah Gharib. At the time of the shooting, Gharib was working in a La Puente convenience store.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Gahrib, Munther Farah
Crime and Criminals
Stathum, James Jason
Item ID
6512AN
Collection
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The Arcadia Police Department is turning to the public for assistance with the homicide investigation of Mr. Shao-wu Yen, who was struck and killed one year ago by a small pickup while waiting to cross the street at the intersection of Holly and Fairview Avenues.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
Pages
p. 15
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Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Yen, Shao-wu
Item ID
4378AN
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Nurses Susan Ricci, Hiedi Reed, Karen Schade and Sonya Smith are claiming in a lawsuit that Dr. Albert Peters sexually harassed and sexually battered them.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Item ID
1818AN
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Two men, including 22 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma, were convicted of five counts of first-degree murder for shooting three adults and two children last year in El Monte.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
7977AN
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Santa Anita Park is paying worker compensation benefits to settle a claim brought by 1 of 2 women who alleged their race track supervisors sexually harassed them and offered inducements to have sex.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
Santa Anita Park - 1990 -
Pages
p. A-1
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Star Tribune
Date
Santa Anita Park - 1990 -
Pages
p. A-1
Item ID
262AN
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23 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma was ambushed and stabbed to death October 13 in the exercise yard of San Quentin State Prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced him to die for killing two children and their mother in El Monte in 1995.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Palma, Jimmy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11720AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs see also Gang Activity
Item ID
1396AN
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Richard Lanill Johnson was convicted in 1976 of murdering Cathy LaCorte of Arcadia. His next parole hearing is set for October, 1996.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Crime and Criminals
Johnson, Richard Lanill
Item ID
6518AN
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A judge sentences two men to die by lethal injection for murdering two children and three adults in a 1995 attack that prosecutors said was ordered by the Mexican Mafia prison gang. One of the defendants was Jimmy Palma, 23, of Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
9883AN
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A family in the 700 block of North First Avenue fought off a pair of burglars who broke into their home early Sunday morning and tried to rob them by gunpoint.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
12249AN
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Recipients of the 1993 Honorary Service Awards for outstanding service to the youth of Arcadia include George Stapleton, Scott Sullivan, Grace Wu, Phil Leathery and Linda Woodruff. All are profiled.

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Newspaper
Star-Tribune
Date
March 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Star-Tribune
Date
March 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Honorary Service Awards
Leathery, Phil
Stapleton, George
Sullivan, Scott
Woodruff, Linda
Wu, Grace
Item ID
219AN
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Two men suspected of robbing the California State Bank on Huntington Drive on February 5th have been arrested. Roosevelt Davis of Duarte and Steven Wesley Berry of Ontario are being held in the Arcadia City Jail.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Robbery
California State Bank
Berry, Steven Wesley
Davis, Roosevelt
Item ID
26146AN
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Gregory Ramos, 18, of Downey, apparently made a noose of bed linens and hanged himself in the Arcadia city jail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6244
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Ramos, Gregory
Item ID
6069AN
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A roof collapsed on top of firefighters battling an intense blaze at 122 White Oaks Drive Sunday, pinning two firefighters to the ground and injuring four others who rushed in to rescue them.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
11204AN
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Kianji Zhai and Hua Kiang of Arcadia were arrested and booked on charges of kidnapping, extortion, slavery and assault with a deadly weapon. They are accused of enslaving and torturing their 20 year old babysitter.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9512AN
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Gregory Ramos, 18, of Downey was discovered unconscious in a jail cell at the Arcadia City Jail. A routine jail check revealed that Ramos had used his jail linen to fashion a noose in an attempt to strangle himself.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Crime and Punishment
Police
Item ID
6409AN
Collection
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1400AN
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Obituary/death notice. Prentise Juan Snow was convicted for the 3rd time in the murder of Arcadian Alfred John Koll.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1990
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1990
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Koll, Alfred John Snow, Prentise Juan
Item ID
28961AN
Collection
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The Arcadia Police Department has been hit by 4 separate claims of racial and sexual discrimination and harassment in the last year. Those making accusations include Beverly Hayden, owner of the Burger Palace; Gus and Alicia Alfavo, who claim their son was harassed because he is Latino; Deborah Piere, a former probationary officer who filed a discrimination lawsuit; and a woman cadet who claimed sexual harassment and discrimination.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
October 6, 1994
Pages
p. J - 3,5 photos
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
October 6, 1994
Pages
p. J - 3,5 photos
Subjects
Arcadia Police Dept. - Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Item ID
4243AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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