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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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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
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Newspaper Index
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Authorities identify dead woman found slain at her home in Arcadia as 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai. Detectives are still looking for whoever killed the Arcadia grandmother and stole a white Lexus RX300 from the home in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Three weeks before the killing, her home had been burglarized. Detectives are not ruling out this connection to the homicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
Subjects
Biddle, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35611AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 2001 murder of grocer Adel Karas, a 48-year old Egyptian man from Arcadia, a few days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, was initially thought to have been a hate crime. He was shot at his store International Market at 1381 E. Last Tunas in San Gabriel. Now police suspect Adel Karas was the victim of extortion. The suspects are two Latinos in their mid-20s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32176
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Karas, Adel
Murder
Item ID
32375AN
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Newspaper Index
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Li Zhu, a 68-year-old Arcadia man suspected in the death of his daughter-in-law, Xiaolin Li, was found dead in his jail cell at Twin Towers Correctional Facility at 450 Bauchett Street in Los Angeles. Deputies found him hanging in his cell, in an apparent suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33728
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Suicides
Item ID
33924AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A passenger (name withheld pending notification to next of kin) in a stolen vehicle was killed and another hurt yesterday following a pursuit by Arcadia police. Richard John Villareal, 28, of Arcadia, and his male passenger led Arcadia police on a chase that ended about 11:40 AM on Lower Azusa Road and Arden Drive in Temple City when the stolen car crashed into two other vehicles. The passenger was dead at the scene. The driver sustained minor injuries and was arrested. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 7, June 5, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33847
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Villareal, Richard John
Item ID
34041AN
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Newspaper Index
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No trial for Deyun Shi in the fatal beating of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, of Arcadia, and attack on his estranged wife in La Canada Flintridge. He was found mentally incompetent for trial. Instead he will get treatment at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34785
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murder
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34976AN
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Newspaper Index
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Troy Lucarelli, 43, of Temple City, was arrested by Monrovia Police, after he broke into a woman's home in Arcadia, robbed her of her car keys and stole her car in the 900 block of Paloma Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2015
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2015
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lucarelli, Troy
Robberies
Item ID
34579AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Police find woman’s body in Arcadia backyard in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. A 76-year-old Arcadia woman was killed yesterday at her home and her vehicle was stolen. The coroner’s office has not yet identified the woman. Neighbors said she was a longtime resident with two daughters and a grandson. The motive behind the killing is unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35609AN
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Newspaper Index
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A home invasion robbery on December 12 resulted in the shooting death of 35 year old Jose Antonio Parra, while his girlfriend and three small children were locked in a bedroom. It happened on the 11000 block of Kristi Court in unincorporated county area near Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32684
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department--Homicide Bureau
Murders
Parra, Jose Antonio
Robberies
Item ID
32881AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Arcadia man, 72-year-old Richard Cole, in the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole, who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot. Although he was a person of interest initially, the case remained open and went cold for 10 years. Investigators gathered evidence in the last year, leading to his arrest on Sunday, November 4, 2012. This was his second arrest in the killing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Murders
Walton, Bill
Item ID
33453AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police arrested Michael Kelly, 44, on suspicion of killing his 47-year-old brother Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly's body was found inside the apartment they shared in the 800 block of Fairview Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32145
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Homicide
Kelly, Brian
Kelly, Michael
Murder
Item ID
32342AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two passengers hurt in bus stabbing inside a Foothill Transit bus on October 31, shortly after 6:00 PM. The bus was on Live Oak Avenue, west of Myrtle Avenue, in unincorporated county area near Arcadia. Nicholas Patito, 51, a transient, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The two sounded male passengers, age 54 and age 24, have non-life threatening injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33667
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2013
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Foothill Transit
Patito, Nicholas
Item ID
33863AN
Collection
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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Alhambra man Isaac Campbell was sentenced to the maximum of 11 years in prison for killing his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, 31, of San Gabriel, and then putting her body in a trash can full of kitty litter in the backyard of Campbell's friend in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33108
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33305AN
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Newspaper Index
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The fate of Isaac Campbell, 36, on trial for the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, rests with the jury now, after attorneys on both sides gave their closing arguments yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32772
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32969AN
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Newspaper Index
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Joshua Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, was allegedly found with a bomb after visiting Foothills Middle School on January 14, 2011. He will face four felony counts of possession of a destructive or explosive device. He is being held at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, and due back at Pasadena Superior Court on June 15 to enter a plea. If convicted of all four felony counts, he could face up to 19 years in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua
Item ID
32503AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell, 36, will stand trial next week for a second time for murder of girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, who died in 2007, after a jury in December 2011 was unable to reach a verdict. The hung jury was split 10-2, with 10 in favor of convicting Campbell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32758
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Item ID
32955AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two articles. Vigil for slain brothers Anthony Lin and William Lin. Hundreds mourned yesterday at courtyard of Arcadia Performing Arts Center. The brothers are remembered as bright and caring. Uncle Deyun Shi denies he attacked his estranged wife and beat his nephews to death. Shi's next court hearing in Hong Kong is February 11. See hard copy in VF Crime and Criminals.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34432
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Double homicide
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34624AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Richard John Villareal, Jr., 28, received a sentence of more than 15 years in prison for a car crash following a police pursuit in Temple City that killed his passenger. The defendant led Arcadia police officers on a high-speed pursuit after they attempted to pull him over for driving a stolen car near Workman and Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34437
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2016
Pages
p. A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2016
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Sandoval, Michael, Jr.
Villareal, Richard John, Jr.
Item ID
34629AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell is on trial for a second time for the murder of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, because the trial in 2011 ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict. The prosecutor promises a new witness in this trial. Lu's body was discovered about a month after she disappeared, wrapped in plastic trash bags and left with cat litter in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32973
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33170AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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