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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Item ID
27156AN
Collection
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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The California Highway Patrol freeway pursuit of suspected drunk driver Alexander Contreras led to the death of an innocent bystander, Michael Kim, 20, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30783
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
Subjects
Contreras, Alexander
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Kim, Michael
Police chases
Item ID
30971AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Lisa Welchert, who crashed into a station wagon, killing John Chan, while driving drunk, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27513
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Lawsuits
Murder
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa
Item ID
27711AN
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Newspaper Index
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73-year-old Jesus Plasencia Lopez from El Monte has been arrested for a fatal hit-and-run. He allegedly drove a Saturn that hit Guey-Ying Wu and her husband Chia Wu at Santa Anita Avenue and Camino Real Avenue in Arcadia. Lopez is being held at Los Angeles County Jail on $50,000 bail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29555
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fatal automobile accidents
Hit-and-run
Lopez, Jesus Plasencia
Wu, Guey-Ying
Wu, Chia
Arrests
Item ID
29739AN
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Newspaper Index
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Survivors of a bus crash on Santa Anita Avenue that happened 50 years ago, on July 14, 1959, recall the accident. The bus had been carrying a group of boys from a Catholic summer camp at Chantry Flat. Brakes failed coming down the steep grade of Santa Anita Avenue. The crash killed 3-year-old Cory Matson. The driver was Brady Bolt. Ken Kramer shares his story of the crash in a separate, related article on p. A4.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31567
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Accidents
Bolt, Brady
Fatalities
Kramer, Ken
Lynch, Jim
Matson, Cory
Item ID
31763AN
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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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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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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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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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Christopher Carl Eastland was killed when his disabled car was struck by a Jeep driven by an alleged drunk driver on the eastbound Foothill Freeway (210).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27836
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Eastland, Christopher Earl
Automobile Accident
Obituary/death notice
Item ID
28033AN
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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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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
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Motorcyclist Kenneth Doherty, 32, of Los Angeles, died from a hit-and-run collision with a car, described as an electric blue Mitsubishi. The driver of the car left the scene.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33496
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Deaths
Doherty, Kenneth
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
33691AN
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Newspaper Index
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County Supervisor Michael Antonovich offered a $5000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit and run driver who struck and killed Fuzhi Ji and his 2-year old grandson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23883
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Auto accidents
Hit and run
Ji, Fuzhi
Antonovich, Michael
Item ID
24086AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia 16-year-old Roger A. Lewis, who was struck by a car while bicycling, has died. The accident occurred over the weekend at Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road. The driver who struck Lewis was driving a 2008 Chrysler Sebring. Lewis was a former student at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33257
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2012
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2012
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Deaths
Lewis, Roger A.
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
33454AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 16-year old boy was in custody Saturday after leading Irwindale police on a chase in a stolen car that ended when his vehicle collided with another car, killing its driver, 32-year-old Michael Lam of Monterey Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29859
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lam, Michael
Car chases
Collisions
Deaths
Fatalities
Item ID
30044AN
Collection
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32305
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2011
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
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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Newspaper Index
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Sixty-four year old Fuzhi Ji and his two-year-old grandson died after a hit and run accident at Santa Anita Avenue and Bonita Street left them with fatal injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30389
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Accidents
Deaths
Ji, Fuzhi
Item ID
30576AN
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Newspaper Index
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Russell Hugh Simon, a 16 year old Arcadia High School student, was killed when his bicycle collided with a truck and semi-trailer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25741
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Simon, Russell Hugh
Accidents
Item ID
25941AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 51-year-old Monrovia man died on Santa Anita Avenue when his pickup truck hit a tree, just south of Colorado Boulevard. His name has not been released yet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29861
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2006
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2006
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
Collisions
Item ID
30046AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An 18-year-old male was stabbed to death at a strip mall in the 1300 block of S. Golden West Avenue in Arcadia. Juan Lorenzo, age 31, and Jose Antonio Cruz Ramirez, age 26, both of San Gabriel, were arrested and booked on murder charges. Both suspects work at Money Pot Shabu Shabu Restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32752
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 22
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 22
Subjects
Berry, Anthony
Crime and Criminals
Lorenzo, Juan
Murder
Ramirez, Jose Antonio Cruz
Item ID
32949AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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