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Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1389AN
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Two recent Arcadia High School graduates, Maret Bower and Peter Sawires, each won $1500 in an essay contest held by the Azusa Landfill Reclamation Company. The purpose of the contest was to think of ways to maintain a suitable environment in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Bower, Maret
Sawires, Peter
Item ID
643AN
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According to the Arcadia Police Department's monthly activity report for the month of December, which reports statistics for the entire year, daytime burglaries increased while night burglaries decreased. Also, there were no murders, 3 rapes, 2 attempted rapes, 36 assaults with a gun and 13 arrests for indecent exposure in 1987.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1378AN
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Police have arrested nine people who are believed to be members of a San Gabriel Valley Asian gang that has been under investigation in recent months for terrorizing local Asian youths. Four adults and five juveniles were taken into custody after police linked them with a February 15 kidnapping, attempted extortion and assault.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs see also Gang Activity
Item ID
1396AN
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The San Gabriel Valley Juvenile Diversion Program has been established to divert local youths from the criminal justice system to local counseling agencies. Arcadia is participating in this program along with Temple City, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Rosemead and San Gabriel.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1974
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p. A-1
Subjects
Youth
San Gabriel Valley Juvenile Diversion Program
Item ID
3510AN
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An international businessman was abducted from his Arcadia home and later released the same evening after his abductors demanded he pay them $1 million. He was told that he would be contacted the next day with instructions about where to put the money, but no money has been paid. This is the first kidnapping of this type in Arcadia, although there have been four other kidnappings in the San Gabriel Valley since last October.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1394AN
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Violent crime in most west San Gabriel Valley cities was down in 1991. Arcadia crime figures are included in the article.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1992
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p. B-10
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1992
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p. B-10
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
23AN
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General informatin regarding Peter Pitchess

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1956 p. 1 (President of the Los Angeles County Peace Officers Association)
January 2, 1958 p. 1
January 30, 1958 p. 1 (to run for Los Angeles County sheriff)
June 9, 1958 p. 1 (elected sheriff)
July 30, 1964 p. 1 (appointed head of the Peace Officers Association)
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Arcadia Tribune
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December 20, 1956 p. 1 (President of the Los Angeles County Peace Officers Association)
January 2, 1958 p. 1
January 30, 1958 p. 1 (to run for Los Angeles County sheriff)
June 9, 1958 p. 1 (elected sheriff)
July 30, 1964 p. 1 (appointed head of the Peace Officers Association)
Subjects
Pitchess, Peter
Item ID
4102AN
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Crime statistics for the first half of 1979 show a 4.6% overall increase in crime in Arcadia, despite a decrease in the number of violent crimes. This compares to an overall increase of 5.2% for the larger San Gabriel area.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1979
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1979
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1356AN
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At a meeting on November 20, County Assessor Philip Watson's representative and County Supervisors Peter Schabarum and Baxter Ward and others tackled the possibility of the San Gabriel Valley seceding from Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
2363AN
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Seven of the nine members of the Arcadia Sister City Commission, headed by the chairman, Ron Street, will travel to Phoenix, Arizona., on July 23, to accept an international city award for the city programs with Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia, and Tripolis, Greece.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1983
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1983
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Boards and Commissions
Item ID
620AN
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Seven San Gabriel Valley police departments have started a new program that will coordinate efforts to trace criminals who do not limit their activities to one city. Hopefully this will avoid duplication of effort by the various cities.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1981
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p. A-9
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1981
Pages
p. A-9
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2194AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paul Matranja, Dec. 25.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 29, 1955
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 29, 1955
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Matranja, Douglas Peter
Item ID
14533AN
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Golden wedding celebration for Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Meyer.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 16, 1950
Pages
p. 4 w/photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 16, 1950
Pages
p. 4 w/photos
Subjects
Meyer, Peter J (Mr. and Mrs.)
Item ID
9797AN
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Arcadia Lumber Company, founded in 1936, has grown to become the largest business of its kind in the San Gabriel Valley. The company's history is reviewed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1980
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p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1980
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Lumber Company
Item ID
748AN
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Description of the newly formed Crime Impact Team, which consists of representtatives of 8 cities: Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monrovia, Monterey Park, San Gabriel and Temple City Station of LA County Sheriff's Dept. The Team is an outgrowth of the West San Gabriel Valley Burglary Investigation Unit, which ran out of federal funds.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2191AN
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Brian Snoke, sentenced to life in prison for three murders, claims he was a victim of child abuse.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - Snoke, Brian
Item ID
1386AN
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Lt. Peter L. Wood was posthumously awarded the Bronz Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He was killed in Vietnam, Jan. 20, 1968.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1968
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1968
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Wood, Peter L.
Item ID
21771AN
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Peter Violante, head of Graphics Group, an Arcadia publishing firm, will talk to the Women's Club about the books "California Graphics '74" and "Printmakers '74."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1974
Pages
p. A-6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1974
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Violante, Peter
Item ID
576AN
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Article reports Arcadia's crime rates for the year. Burglary down, theft up.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1392AN
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