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Story of funeral service for slain grocery store owner Adel Karas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21710
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Karas, Adel
Item ID
21928AN
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The 2001 murder of grocer Adel Karas, a 48-year old Egyptian man from Arcadia, a few days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, was initially thought to have been a hate crime. He was shot at his store International Market at 1381 E. Last Tunas in San Gabriel. Now police suspect Adel Karas was the victim of extortion. The suspects are two Latinos in their mid-20s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32176
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
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p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Karas, Adel
Murder
Item ID
32375AN
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Adel Karas of Arcadia was shot inside his business during a robbery attempt by 3 Latino males. Adel later died.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21708
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime
Karas, Adel
Item ID
21926AN
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A federal judge overturned several charges in the case of Arcadia man George Torres, 52, accused of running his Numero Uno grocery store chain in Los Angeles like an organized crime ring. He had been convicted of racketeering charges, solicitation of murder and multiple tax and fraud charges when prosecutors came forward with new evidence that appeared to exonerate him on the more serious charges. Torres was released from federal custody after being held without bail for two years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Torres, George
Item ID
31704AN
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Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose by more than 25 percent last year. Two incidents of hate crime reportedly occurred in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9561
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9516AN
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Newspaper Index
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A possible transient allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo branch inside an Albertson's grocery store on Live Oak Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22185
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2001
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2001
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Bank robbery
Item ID
22400AN
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Break-ins and vandlisms took place at Holy Angels Church and at Church of the Good Shepherd. Arcadia police are investigating them as possible religious-based hate crimes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2013
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Church of the Good Shepherd
Crime and Criminals
Holy Angels Church
Item ID
33561AN
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Teen brothers, ages 15 and 16, beaten to death in their home on 400 block of Fairview Avenue, just west of Holly Avenue. The suspect is their uncle by marriage, who is believed to have fled to China. The FBI was working with Chinese authorities. The victims appeared to have suffered "blunt force trauma." The suspect was already being sought in an attack on his wife. His wife filed a restraining order against him and began divorce proceedings.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34424
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34616AN
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Levels of reported crime in most San Gabriel Valley cities are significantly lower than national levels, according to the FBI's 2001 National Crime Index. A chart shows statistics for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24735
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime
Statistics
Item ID
24929AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sometime at the end of this year, Vons Grocery Co. plans to open one of its new Pavilions grocery stores just west of the Hinshaw's Department Store on Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper840
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 23, 1986
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 23, 1986
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Vons Market
Item ID
840AN
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Rumor's bar owner Scott Hammond shot and killed a suspect trying to break into his bar located at 48 E. Huntington Drive. Separately, the merchant of AM Donuts on Las Tunas wounded one of two suspects trying to rob his store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30305
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
AM Donuts
Crime and Criminals
Hammond, Scott
King, Chet
Robbery
Rumor's
Shootings
Item ID
30492AN
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Grocery Outlet Bargain Market opens new store at 104 East Live Oak Avenue in Arcadia. This location created 30 new jobs. Independent owner-operators are Chris Phillips and Amanda Sandoval.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35911
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market
Grocery Stores
Phillips, Chris
Sandoval, Amanda
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger offers $20,000 reward in Arcadia investigation into heinous murder of Chyong Jen Tsai, a 76-year-old Arcadia woman, whose body was found on April 9, 2019 in her backyard in 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Her 2005 Lexus RX300 is believed to have been stolen from her home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35447
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Barger, Kathryn
Deaths
Murders
Rewards
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35639AN
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George Torres, of Arcadia, was convicted of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, "honest services" mail fraud, and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and tax charges. The jury also found that Torres solicited the 1994 murder of a gang member who demanded a "tax" from a Numero Uno Market. George Torres owned eleven Numero Uno grocery stores in some of the region's poorest neighborhoods.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Numero Uno Markets
Racketeering
Torres, George
Item ID
31633AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
31358AN
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Ralphs grocery store supermarket re-opens Arcadia store with new upscale look. Fifty-year-old store aims for competitive edge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34995
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Grocery Stores
Ralphs
Supermarkets
Item ID
35185AN
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Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30240
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Russo, Richard Robert
Suicide
Item ID
30427AN
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Richard Robert Russo pleads not guilty to charges of murder and child abuse and the judge denies his motion for bail. He is accused of shooting his wife Carmen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29673
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert ("Rick")
Shapiro, Robert
Arraignments
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Item ID
29859AN
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Driver is arrested after 7-Eleven rammed. Monrovia man Sterling Williamson, 23, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he created a disturbance at a 7-Eleven store at 1003 South Baldwin Avenue on November 24, 2022, then allegedly crashed his car through the doors and tried to flee. There were no injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36379
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arrests
Convenience stores
Crime and Criminals
7-Eleven
Williamson, Sterling
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Deqiang Song, 26, of Monterey Park, gets life in prison without possibility of parole, for the crime of kidnapping for ransom, and a second sentence of life in prison plus four years, for the attempted murder of his then 21-year-old victim. Song met his victim through a mutual friend and took her to Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. Then he took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County. He strangled the woman and slit her throat. He called her father for ransom. She survived.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Trials
Item ID
33167AN
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Newspaper Index
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