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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
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1358AN
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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
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1360AN
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Two men and two juveniles were arrested on suspicion of committing more than eight armed robberies in the Arcadia and Monrovia areas since late January.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30424
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2007
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p. News 11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Hernandez, Fredy
Robbery
Tino, Neil Bradford
Item ID
30612AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department pursues stolen package to Pasadena. Suspect evades multiple law enforcement agencies. The package contained a GPS tracking device.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
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p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Thefts
Item ID
34972AN
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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
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1389AN
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Two bank robberies in the past three weeks are believed to have been committed by the same suspect. In both cases, the robber wore a blonde wig under a dark baseball cap, carried a manila envelope and said, "Hurry up" to tellers. He displays a handgun under his shift and is a white man in his 30s or 40s, of average height and weight.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
31358AN
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The third bank robbery in as many weeks hit Arcadia on Wednesday, bringing the amount of money stolen from city banks to more than $12,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper120
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 21, 1992
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p. 1
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Star Tribune
Date
August 21, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
120AN
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Arcadia police officer wounded in shooting is released from hospital. Officer Kevin Manley, 26, is recovering from his injury (shot in the jaw) by suspect Nurhan Venk during a domestic dispute and barricade. Manley has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and worked for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department before that. He has 3 years of law enforcement experience.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Manley, Kevin
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1372
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1371AN
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Man arrested after shooting in Arcadia. A 47-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, August 10, for shooting and injuring an Arcadia police officer (shot in the jaw), the suspect's 73-year-old mother (shot in the chest) and the neighbor across the street (shot in the eye with stray bullet). All three are stable and expected to survive. The shooting and standoff happened at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue due to a family dispute. The 26-year-old Arcadia officer has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and has 3 years of previous law enforcement experience.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Arcadia police warn of two armed robberies outside Westfield Santa Anita mall.

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Pasadena Star News,
Date
August 21, 2015
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
August 21, 2015
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Robberies
Item ID
34468AN
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A nationwide forgery scheme uncovered by the Arcadia Police Department has resulted in the arrest of three men at the Santa Anita Avenue branch of the Bank of America.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1362
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 11, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 11, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1361AN
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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
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1394AN
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Arcadia's crime drops in 2019. Compared to 2018, there was a 28% drop in residential burglaries, a 17% decrease in robberies, and an 11% reduction in assaults.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2020
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Statistics
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An Arcadia family was terrorized and victimized at gunpoint in a home invasion robbery. The robbers choked the father of the family until he gave them cash and threatened to return to kill the family if they called police. The robbery occurred in the 100 block of West Forest Avenue. It is not known if this crime is related to the robbery of an elderly couple in Arcadia last week.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32026AN
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Arcadia police are calling this past holiday season quiet in terms of criminal activity. The one crime of note was the bank robbery of Citizen's Business Bank on First Avenue on December 31, 2001.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Citizen's Business Bank
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30340AN
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A cat burglar has been entering homes in Arcadia at night during the last month and taking women's purses while residents were asleep.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1373
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1987
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1372AN
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135 marijuana plants found in Arcadia home on the 500 block of West Huntington Drive. The suspect arrested is Tiv Ke Roeung, 40 year old Arcadia resident. He is being held without bail by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2014
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p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Drugs
Marijuana
Roeung, Tiv Ke
Item ID
34070AN
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According to year-end figures released by the Arcadia Police Department, the number of felonies for 1986 as compared to 1985 declined by 72, from 2857 to 2785.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1370AN
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A recent string of robberies in Arcadia may have been committed by two serial robbers. The latest crime was reported at the 500 block of Las Tunas Drive. The suspects are two Latino men driving a green or blue, newer-model, 4-door sedan, in their mid-20s.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
31603AN
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