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Lisa Welchert, an alleged drunk driver who caused the death of John Chan, will face a murder trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26957
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Item ID
27156AN
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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
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p. 1
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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
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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
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa
Automobile Accident
Drunk Driving
Lawsuits
Murder
Item ID
27174AN
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Newspaper Index
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Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, 37 of Arcadia, was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony drunken driving and driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08. He allegedly drove onto a closed freeway in Baldwin Park while drunk and killed a 21-year-old road worker named Connor McDermott Penhall. Penhall is son of hall of fame motorcycle racer and actor Bruce Penhall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32914
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2012
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2012
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Penhall, Connor McDermott
Sakamoto, Tatsukiho or Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko
Item ID
33111AN
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Bowen Du, the driver, who struck and Alice Zhang, 16, of Arcadia, as she walked across the 600 block of Duarte Road, will face the felony charge of one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison. His arraignment is scheduled for August 11, 2011 in Pasadena Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Pedestrians--safety
Traffic Accidents
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
32668AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bowen Du, 19, an Arcadia man who was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter in the death of 16-year-old Arcadia High School student Alice Zhang, has pleaded not guilty. Du faces up to 6 years in state prison for vehicular manslaughter and up to 3 more years for causing serious injury to Zhang's friend Priyanka Patel, 16, of Upland.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32438
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Pedestrians--safety
Traffic Accidents
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
32635AN
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The family of John Chan has filed a claim aagainst Arcadia and the police, saying officers' negligence led to his death. Chan died in a traffic accident in February.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17094
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1999
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1999
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chan, John
Item ID
17517AN
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Arcadia man Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, 37, pleaded not guilty to fatally hitting 21-year-old road worker Connor McDermott Penhall, in Pomona Superior Court yesterday. The crash happened April 4, 2012, when Sakamoto allegedly drove onto a closed part of the 10 Freeway in Baldwin Park, while drunk. He will next appear in court June 27 to set a date for his preliminary hearing.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Drunk Driving
Penhall, Connor McDermott
Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko
Item ID
33177AN
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About 60 parents, teachers, and students staged an emotional show of solidarity for teacher Gary Southworth, who began a 1-year jail sentence in connection with a car crash that killed a 21 year old La Verne woman, on December 12, 1992. He pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter and 2 counts of felony drunk driving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper239
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Southworth, Gary
Item ID
239AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Guilty verdict delivered to Lawrence Joseph Farry, 25, who was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter, in the death of former Arcadia resident Joan Milazzo in August last year. Farry struck Milazzo with his car in the Del Sur area of North County San Diego. Milazzo grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, graduated from Alverno High School in Sierra Madre and was a member of St. Rita Catholic Parish in Sierra Madre.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 19, 2012
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
May 19, 2012
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Deaths
Farry, Lawnrece Joseph
Milazzo, Joan
Trials
Item ID
33159AN
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Newspaper Index
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A high speed police chase that began in Pasadena, then went through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte and several other San Gabriel Valley cities, ended in the driving crashing into another car. The suspect was Edgar Angarita, 45, of Hollywood and the 21-year-old woman from Baldwin Park that he crashed into, are both being treated at the hospital. Police say Angarita was intoxicated. The chase occurred Monday, January 24. He is being held on suspicion of felony evading a police officer, but additional charges may be coming.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2011
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2011
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Angarita, Edgar
Crime and Criminals
Drunk drivers
Item ID
32504AN
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Feds move to seize homes in San Gabriel Valley, Rancho Cucamonga. The properties were allegedly purchased with millions in proceeds from what FBi investigators said was a fraudulent visa program. Victoria Chan and her father Tat Chan exploited the EB-5 visa program which offers legal permanent residence in the U.S. for foreign nationals who make job-creating investments of $500,000 or more in U.S. companies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34889
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
California Investment Immigration Fund
Chan, Tat
Chan, Victoria
EB-5 Visa Program
Fraud
Item ID
35079AN
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Newspaper Index
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Woman killed; Pasadena man Alex Danilo Cerna, 51, is accused of vehicular manslaughter, felony hit and run and felony DUI at Baldwin Avenue and Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34736
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2016
Pages
p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2016
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Cerna, Alex Danilo
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34928AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's Beverly Chan to be inducted into BIOLA University's Honor Society Epsilon Kappa Epsilon (EKE).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35029
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
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p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Chan, Beverly
Item ID
35220AN
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Four Chinese investors are plaintiffs suing San Gabriel consulting firm California Investment Immigration Fund. Plaintiffs believed they were investing $500,000 in U.S. businesses in return for green cards. FBI allege the scheme was fraud and raided the firm and homes of lawyer Victoria Chan, her father Tat Chan, his wife Zheng Chan, in April.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A9
Subjects
Chan, Tat
Chan, Victoria
Chan, Zheng
EB-5 Visa Program
Fraud
Lawsuits
Li, Song Yao
Li, Ting
Xia, Yeqing
Zeng, Fang
Zhang, Rui
Item ID
35078AN
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20-year Arcadia Unified School District teacher Gary Southworth pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter and 2 counts of felony drunken driving in a crash that killed a 21-year-old La Verne woman on December 12, 1992.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper285
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
March 6, 1993
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p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
March 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Southworth, Gary
Item ID
285AN
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Newspaper Index
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A jury convicts Isaac Campbell, 37, of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can, covered with kitty litter, at Campbell's friend's house in the 1700 block of South Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, in 2007.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32989
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33186AN
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Newspaper Index
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Brandon Landreth, a former John Muir High School (Pasadena) history teacher, was sentenced to 35 years to life, in state prison for killing Arcadia man Justo Cesar Morales, nearly 3 years ago. Authorities believed Landreth shot Morales because Morales was dating Landreth's ex-wife.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32338
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murder
Item ID
32536AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bowen Du, 19, of Arcadia, has taken a plea deal in the death of Arcadia teen Alice Zhang. He has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors--vehicular manslaughter with simple negligence and reckless driving causing injury. Du faces a maximum of 18 months in jail when he is sentenced on December 20.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32646
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Pedestrians--safety
Traffic Accidents
Trials
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
32843AN
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Newspaper Index
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DUI (driving under the influence) is suspected in fatal freeway crash. An allegedly drunk Tatsukiho Sakamoto, 37 of Arcadia, ignored signs and cones indicating the 10 Freeway was closed, and drove his Toyota RAV4 through the closure, fatally striking 21-year-old road worker Connor McDermott Penhall. Penhall is son of hall of fame motorcycle racer and actor Bruce Penhall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32911
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Penhall, Connor McDermott
Sakamoto, Tatsukiho or Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko
Item ID
33108AN
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Newspaper Index
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