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A Wells Fargo Bank branch located in Ralph's Market at 211 E. Foothill Boulevard was robbed and the suspect, Ali James Cooper, was captured the following day.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 3, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 3, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Cooper, Ali James; Robbery; Wells Fargo Bank

Item ID: 26601AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police pursued and arrested armed suspects after they robbed a Wells Fargo Bank at 211 East Foothill Boulevard. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30482

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Allen, Aaron; Bank robbery; Burnham, Robert; Crime and Criminals; Ramirez, Wilfredo; Young, Melonie

Item ID: 30669AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On Thursday, January 18, the Bank of America at 169 E. Foothill was robbed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28987

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 25, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 25, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Bank of America; Banks; Crime and Criminals; Robbery

Item ID: 29175AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Downey Savings branch inside Ralph's supermarket on Huntington Drive was robbed of an undisclosed amount.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 4, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 4, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Robbery; Downey Savings; Ralph's Supermarket

Item ID: 27075AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Bank of America branch at 167 E. Foothill was robbed of an undisclosed amount by two men.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 5, 2000 p. 1; October 12, 2000 p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 5, 2000 p. 1; October 12, 2000 p. 3

Subjects: Bank of America; Robbery

Item ID: 27908AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30153

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Citizen's Business Bank; Bank robbery; Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 30340AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Downey Savings branch in Ralph's supermarket on Huntington Drive was robbed for the second time in ten days.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26883

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 18, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 18, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Robbery; Downey Savings; Ralph's Supermarket

Item ID: 27083AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 9, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 25

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two Arcadia women were robbed at knifepoint on October 14, 2013 at about 3:10 AM at a residence in the 200 block of El Dorado Street. Police are investigating.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33649

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 17, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 26

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 17, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 26

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Robberies

Item ID: 33844AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Four suspects involved in an Arcadia bank robbery had their original bail amounts increased from $35,000 to $280,000 and upwards of $300,000. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Allen, Aaron; Bank robbery; Burnham, Robert; Crime and Criminals; Ramirez, Wilfredo; Young, Melonie

Item ID: 30685AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ben Bridge Jeweler in Santa Anita Fashion Park was robbed at gunpoint of watches and jewelry valued at over $165, 000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25842

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 7, 1997

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 7, 1997

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Ben Bridge Jeweler; Robbery

Item ID: 26042AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

No end seen for market strike. Labor dispute between employees of Vons Pavilions, Albertsons and Ralphs grocery stores.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33101

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 16, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 16, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 9

Subjects: Albertsons; Grocery Stores; Labor strikes; Ralphs; Vons Pavilions

Item ID: 33298AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25946

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 12, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 12, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Robbery; California State Bank; Berry, Steven Wesley; Davis, Roosevelt

Item ID: 26146AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Gerardo Cortez arraignment postponed to October 4, 2013. He allegedly made a series of threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations. He has a history of making false bomb threats.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33629

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 26, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 26, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 19

Subjects: Cortez, Gerardo; Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 33824AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police seek information and help with a home invasion robbery that took place June 13, 2013 at approximately 11:44 PM at a residence in the 500 block of East Norman Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33528

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 16

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Robberies

Item ID: 33723AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Robert Mike Macardican allegedly stabbed a man and fled to a house on Don Pablo Drive. A SWAT team forced him out and he was arrested.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 26, 2001

Pages: p.1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 26, 2001

Pages: p.1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Macardican, Robert Mike; Assault with a deadly weapon; Stabbings; SWAT

Item ID: 29509AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The arraignment of Gerardo Cortez, of Monrovia, has been postponed to October 25, 2013. He allegedly made a series of telephone threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations, including a shopping mall, a medical center, and several schools, including Arcadia High School. The caller said he had an AK-47 gun and threatened to shoot people. The joint police forces from Arcadia, Covina and Monrovia, the FBI, and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs had investigated.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 10, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 10, 2013

Pages: p. 1, 11

Subjects: Cortez, Gerardo; Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 33829AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ruixue "Serena" Shi, 36, of Arcadia, was arrested for allegedly swindling more than $20 million that was solicited for funding a condominium and hotel complex called Hyde Resorts and Residences in Coachella Valley. Shi was president and owner of Global House Buyer (GHB), a China-based real estate development company, and also was CEO of the Beverly Hills-based company Hyde Morgan Development, LLC.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35763

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 25, 2020

Pages: p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 25, 2020

Pages: p. 3

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Fraud; Shi, Ruixue "Serena"

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 28, 2016

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Thieves

Item ID: 34826AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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A Wells Fargo Bank branch located in Ralph's Market at 211 E. Foothill Boulevard was robbed and the suspect, Ali James Cooper, was captured the following day.

Arcadia police pursued and arrested armed suspects after they robbed a Wells Fargo Bank at 211 East Foothill Boulevard. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

On Thursday, January 18, the Bank of America at 169 E. Foothill was robbed.

The Downey Savings branch inside Ralph's supermarket on Huntington Drive was robbed of an undisclosed amount.

The Bank of America branch at 167 E. Foothill was robbed of an undisclosed amount by two men.

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.

The Downey Savings branch in Ralph's supermarket on Huntington Drive was robbed for the second time in ten days.

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.

Two Arcadia women were robbed at knifepoint on October 14, 2013 at about 3:10 AM at a residence in the 200 block of El Dorado Street. Police are investigating.

Four suspects involved in an Arcadia bank robbery had their original bail amounts increased from $35,000 to $280,000 and upwards of $300,000. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

Ben Bridge Jeweler in Santa Anita Fashion Park was robbed at gunpoint of watches and jewelry valued at over $165, 000.

No end seen for market strike. Labor dispute between employees of Vons Pavilions, Albertsons and Ralphs grocery stores.

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.

Gerardo Cortez arraignment postponed to October 4, 2013. He allegedly made a series of threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations. He has a history of making false bomb threats.

Arcadia police seek information and help with a home invasion robbery that took place June 13, 2013 at approximately 11:44 PM at a residence in the 500 block of East Norman Avenue.

Robert Mike Macardican allegedly stabbed a man and fled to a house on Don Pablo Drive. A SWAT team forced him out and he was arrested.

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.

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.