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A DNA match becomes the first physical evidence connecting Billy Cottrell with the ecoterrorist attacks on SUV dealerships last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29035
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Item ID
29222AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Billy Cottrell, a Cal Tech graduate student who took part in a fire bombing spree that caused millions of dollars in damage to SUV dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley, was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison. See inset for chronology of ecoterror events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Sentences
Trials
Item ID
29685AN
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Newspaper Index
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Caltech graduate Tyler Johnson, who had been identified as a suspect in the firebombing and vandalism of more than 130 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) at automobile dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003, has died in an avalanche while hiking in the Corsian mountains in France on December 26, 2009. Johnson has been a fugitive for the past six years. Surveillance cameras captured Johnson and William ("Billy") Cottrell spray painting environmental slogans on the cars at Rusnak Mercedes Benz in Arcadia in 2003. Cottrell was convicted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Johnson, Tyler
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Item ID
32089AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A federal apeals court overturned William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), convictions on two counts of arson for his role in the 2003 torching of several sport utility vehicles (SUV) at San Gabriel Valley car dealers, attacks authorities blamed on a radical environmentalist group. The court ruled that the judge in his trial should have allowed testimony regarding Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a disability that could have affected the jury's decision.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31675
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
31873AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former Caltech graduate student William "Billy" Cottrell was re-sentenced to serve at least 18 more months in prison for participating in a vandalism spree in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32019AN
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Newspaper Index
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William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32002AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In William Cottrell's trial, the jury never got to hear evidence about his Asperger's Syndrome. Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that Asperger's could not be introduced at trial as a legal defense. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Klausner's ruling was a mistake and tossed out Cottrell's arson convictions, leaving only the conspiracy count. Last week Cottrell was re-sentenced to the original 100-month term for the conspiracy conviction, after prosecutors declined to retry the arson counts. One reason federal officials declined was because they did not want Asperger's Syndrome established as a viable legal defense.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31824
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Asperger's Syndrome
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32021AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Attorney Michael Mayock, representing convicted client Billy Cottrell, seeks a verdict reversal for the 2003 fire-bombing of sport utility vehicles (SUV) at a San Gabriel Valley automobile dealership. He says the jury did not know about Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a neurological disorder. Cottrell's prison situation is 'nightmarish.'

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30243
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Prison
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
United States Court of Appeals
Vandalism
Item ID
30430AN
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Newspaper Index
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The FBI is tracking vandals who caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage across San Gabriel Valley area sport utility vehicle dealerships. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for these acts of ecoterrorism.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31844
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Item ID
32041AN
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Newspaper Index
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A federal jury found Cottrell guilty of conspiracy and seven counts of arson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29308
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Trials
Item ID
29492AN
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Authorities have released Joshua Connole of Pomona, a suspect in the August 22 vehicle vandalisms labeled by FBI as acts of ecoterrorism. More than $2 million in damage was caused by vandals claiming affiliation with the Earth Liberation Front. High-end sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other vehicles at the Rusnak Mercedes Benz dealership in Arcadia, Advantage Ford in Monrovia, Clippinger Chevrolet in West Covina, and Duarte Mitsubishi were torched and spray painted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32124
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Connole, Joshua
Crime and Criminals
Ecoterrorism
Sport utility vehicles (SUVs)
Vandalism
Item ID
32321AN
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Newspaper Index
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Deyun Shi, the man charged with murdering his teenage nephews (Anthony Lin, William Lin) awaits extradition from Hong Kong.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34459
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Item ID
34651AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Monrovia woman, 35, killed in eastbound 210 Freeway shooting, is identified as Bertha Hernandez. A car-to-car shooting occurred and calls to the CHP came in 9:06 AM on Saturday, September 4, 2021, and a solo vehicle crash involving a black Mercedes-Benz at the Baldwin Avenue off-ramp.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36031
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Shootings
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Murder suspect Deyun "Jeff" Shi appears in court on April 18, 2016 to face arraignment in the brutal slayings of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, on January 22, 2016. The arraignment was delayed until May 2. Shi was extradited to the U.S. from Hong Kong on April 15.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34552
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Tsai, Rose
Item ID
34738AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Matthew Jacobus was stabbed once in the back following a minor car accident on Huntington Drive near Santa Clara. One of three men in the other car approached Jacobus after sideswiping his car and stabbed him.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8124
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Jacobus, Matthew
Item ID
8079AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based Dr. Monique Williams has agreed to plead guilty to the unlawful distribution of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, aka Oxycodone. She admitted to writing prescriptions for people she did not examine and people that did not need it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31280
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Doctors
Drugs
OxyContin aka Oxycodone
Trials
Williams, Dr. Monique
Item ID
31475AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Suspect in double killing back in United States to face trial. Deyun Shi, a man accused of beating his nephews Anthony Lin and William Lin, of Arcadia, to death, is extradited from Hong Kong. Shi, 44, is a Chinese national, living in the US on a business visa.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34538
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Guthrie, Bob (Arcadia Police Chief-photo)
Huang, Vicky
Lin, Anthony
Lin, David
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Item ID
34730AN
Collection
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Police arrested two men and are seeking two others in connection with a stabbing that occurred at the height of the holiday shopping season at the Santa Anita Fashion Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11526
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11724AN
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Newspaper Index
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Uncle is arrested in Hong Kong. Deyun Shi, 44, boarded a plane Friday after his two 15 and 16 year old nephews were found dead in their home in 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Arcadia. He was being sought in the beating deaths of Anthony Lin and William Lin, of Arcadia, and an attack on his wife in La Canada Flintridge. Both boys attended Arcadia High School. The United States Department of Justice and FBI are working with Hong Kong authorities to initiate the extradition of Deyun Shi.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34430
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Double homicide
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34622AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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