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An unidentified woman was caught in a robbery attempt at a house in the 300 block of West Colorado. She fled in the homeowner's Jeep Cherokee, was chased by an Arcadia police officer and was caught in Castaic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2003
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Robbery
Item ID
27270AN
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Arcadia police are searching for a man in his 50s wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old school girl on a field trip to the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. He was described as Asian, with gray hair and a bald spot on top of his head. He was 5'8" tall, 170 pounds, with yellow teeth, blue pants, and white sneakers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31314
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2008
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Abduction
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Item ID
31509AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31829
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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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A man in Arcadia tried to grab a 10-year -old boy as he was walking to his grandmother's car from a medical building at 622 Duarte Road. The boy escaped, and the police are looking for the suspect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27568
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2004
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p. A3
Subjects
Kidnapping
Item ID
27766AN
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Robbers tie up couple inside home in a gated area of Arcadia, steal their Tesla. The robbers abandoned the Tesla in East Pasadena. The robbery occurred in the 700 block of Carriage House Lane around 10:30 PM on April 16.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36225
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2022
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p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robberies
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A middle-aged man tried to kidnap a 5-year-old school girl from the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall on November 26. His composite sketch is shown and is described as an Asian male in his 50s, 5'8" with gray hair and a bald spot. Police are calling it an isolated incident but parents should be vigilant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31315
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
Abduction
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Malls
Item ID
31510AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30153
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
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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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An elderly couple in Arcadia was robbed outside their house on the 300 block of West Duarte Road by two teenagers. The robbers took the man's wallet and his wife's wedding ring and watch.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32025AN
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A 30-year old man was shot in an apparent robbery in the parking lot of 99 Ranch Market on Wednesday, April 13, 2005. He was pronounced dead at Huntington Memorial Hospital. The suspect got away.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29498
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2005
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Shootings
99 Ranch Market
Item ID
29682AN
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On Friday in Arcadia, a bank robbery suspect, Ricky Allana, was killed in a confrontation with the sheriff's special weapons team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27720
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 9, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 9, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Allana, Ricky
Robbery
Item ID
27917AN
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A suspect, described as a Chinese woman in her mid-50s, 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, may have attempted to kidnap a 7-year old girl from Holly Avenue Elementary School. She was unsuccessful and may have mental health issues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30398
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnap
Item ID
30585AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31410
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2009
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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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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30498
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
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p. 1
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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
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2001
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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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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
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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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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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Two area businesses were robbed at gunpoint within an hour Tuesday night by men in black ski masks. The first incident happened at a Chevron gas station in Arcadia at 500 N. Santa Anita Avenue. The second happened in Altadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30372
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
30559AN
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The FBI is asking for the public's help in finding the "Fedex bandits" who have robbed banks throughout Southern California including Arcadia on October 24, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27377
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2004
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p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
27576AN
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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
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p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2001
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Bank robbery
Item ID
22400AN
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A purse snatcher wielding a gun allegedly robbed two women. No one was injured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29265
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Purse snatchings
Robbery
Item ID
29450AN
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