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Local historian Daniel Hennessy talked about Arcadia police officer Albert Matthies, the only police officer killed in the line of duty and the trial of the suspects thereafter, at the Gilb Museum on October 21.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34996
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 27
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 27
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Hennessy, Daniel
Matthies, Albert
Item ID
35186AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department Chaplain Tom Shriver (shown in photo) and other chaplains sponsor a Law Enforcement Appreciation Service at the Church of the Transfiguration in Arcadia. The service was dedicated to fellow officers killed in the line of duty in 2002. None were from the Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31454
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Police officers
Shriver, Tom
Item ID
31647AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Captain Rick Sandona read the names of California peace officers killed in the line of duty during 1999 at the annual Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony and Law Enforcement Appreciation Service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27507
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Department
Item ID
27705AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Duty rotations have brought personnel changes at the police department's PACE office at the mall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28986
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime
Westfield Santa Anita
Arcadia Police Department - PACE office
Harper, Ken
Goodman, Larry
Swearengin, Dave
Anderson, Bob
Item ID
29174AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena teen Darrius Smith killed by off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer in Arcadia during alleged attempted robbery. Family disputes border officer's story.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34901
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 1, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 1, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Smith, Darrius
Item ID
35091AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Father Gene Wallace of Church of the Transfiguration recently joined the Volunteer Chaplain staff of the Arcadia Police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26315
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 14, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 14, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Department
Wallace, Gene
Item ID
26516AN
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Newspaper Index
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Lisa Melinda Welchert was convicted on charges related to an Arcadia traffic fatality on February 9, 1999 that killed John Chan. The police were not held liable.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27505
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 4, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 4, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Lawsuits
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Item ID
27703AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The family of John Chan has sued the City of Arcadia, three of its police officers, and Lisa Welchert, the driver of the car that killed Chan last February 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27174
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Chan, John
Drunk Driving
Lawsuits
Murder
Welchert, Lisa M.
Item ID
27372AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police nab bicycle thief with GPS tracking device. Suspect is 46-year-old Edward Castillo of Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34727
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Technology
Castillo, Edward
Crime and Criminals
Thieves
Item ID
34919AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Explorer Joseph Aaron Arredondo receives Lt. Edward Ostashay Scholarship from Friends of Arcadia Historical Society. In photo are Mayor Peter Amundson, Beverly Street, Officer Danny Daryaie and Arredondo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34924
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Police Explorers
Arredondo, Joseph Aaron
Arcadia Historical Society
Daryaie, Danny
Scholarships
Item ID
35114AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The police department has a regular schedule of reorganizing with Officer Mike Cervantes returning to patrol duty after being a DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officer. Filling the DARE position will be Officer Brian Ortiz. Officer Toni Caylor will be working with students as the YES (Youth and Educational Support) officer at Arcadia High School. Background information on each officer is provided.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27677
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 22, 2000
Pages
p. l
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 22, 2000
Pages
p. l
Subjects
Police Department
City Employees
Caylor, Toni
Cervantes, Mike
Ortiz, Brian
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Youth and Educational Support (YES)
Item ID
27874AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-Monrovia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2070 announced this week that it has created a scholarship fund to memorialize local service members who have been killed in combat. Clint Stamps is Commander of Post 2070.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33697
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2013
Pages
p. 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2013
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia-Monrovia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2070
Flores, Francisco
Mercado, Raul
Stamps, Clint
Item ID
33893AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. A memorial to soldiers killed in Iraq War provides a list of names and dates of death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31653
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2006
Pages
p. 23
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2006
Pages
p. 23
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Colnot, Sergeant Kyle A.
Item ID
31851AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police officers Toni Caylor and Mike Cervantes introduced DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to 5th graders in Arcadia in 1995. Those same students will be graduating from high school this month. Officers Brian Ortiz and John Bonomo are the current DARE officers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31533
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - drug education programs
DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
Item ID
31729AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The family of John Chan, the 44-year-old Arcadian who was killed by Lisa Welchert in a drunk driving traffic accident, filed a claim against the City because they feel the police officers left Welchert apparently passed out in her car and returned to their patrol cars, allowing her to escape from the police in her automobile.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26975
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa
Automobile Accident
Drunk Driving
Lawsuits
Murder
Item ID
27174AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bob Harbicht political Facebook photo altered after accusations of campaign law violations. He was in photo with members of Arcadia Police Officers' Association.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35099
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
City Council Elections-2018
Harbicht, Bob
Hatch Act
Item ID
35287AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch (photo), 36, was arrested for embezzlement of Arcadia Police Officers' Association funds. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was terminated. Blesch allegedly charegd more than $50,000 for personal items on a police association's credit card. He pleaded not guilty to a felony count of grand theft by embezzlement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33633
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33828AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Floy Torvid Pairs Lawn Bowling Tournament held last week at Arcadia County Park. Photo of first place winners Marinko Tudor and Gene Plunkett.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33773
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2014
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2014
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Lawn Bowling
Plunkett, Gene
Santa Anita Bowling Green Club
Tudor, Marinko
Item ID
33968AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A profile of Captain David Hinig who will assume duties as Chief of Police on September 11.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26979
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hinig, David
Police Department
Item ID
27178AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Police Department has filed murder charges against Lisa Melinda Welchert, an alleged drunk driver involved in a fatal accident on Huntington Drive which killed John Chan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26882
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 1999
March 18, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 1999
March 18, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Item ID
27082AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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