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George Torres, of Arcadia, was convicted of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, "honest services" mail fraud, and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and tax charges. The jury also found that Torres solicited the 1994 murder of a gang member who demanded a "tax" from a Numero Uno Market. George Torres owned eleven Numero Uno grocery stores in some of the region's poorest neighborhoods.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
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p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
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p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Numero Uno Markets
Racketeering
Torres, George
Item ID
31633AN
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A U.S. District judge overturned convictions for bribery, mail, wire and tax fraud and harboring illegal immigrants, against George Torres, 52, of Arcadia, the former owner of Numero Uno supermarket chain. The judge threw out the more serious convictions for racketeering, conspiracy and solicitation of murder, back in June. Torres has been set free after 2 years in custody.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31722
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
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p. A5
Subjects
Business owners
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Supermarkets
Torres, George
Trials
Item ID
31919AN
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An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25304
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Fraud
Scams
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25502AN
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Richard Robert Russo pleads not guilty to charges of murder and child abuse and the judge denies his motion for bail. He is accused of shooting his wife Carmen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29673
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert ("Rick")
Shapiro, Robert
Arraignments
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Item ID
29859AN
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Isaac Campbell, 32, of San Gabriel, the suspect in the murder of Liya Lu, is being held in Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota without bail. He is currently fighting extradition and it could be several weeks before he is returned to the San Gabriel area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30746
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30934AN
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Marco Antonio Irigoyen, 43, a teacher at an Arcadia school, pleaded not guilty to five charges of lewd conduct with a minor. He is being held on $1 million bail.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2007
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p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Irigoyen, Marco Antonio
Sex crimes
Item ID
30760AN
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton, charged with wire and mail fraud and embezzling money from the Thornton Kidney Research Foundation, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Crime - Embezzlement
Crime - Fraud
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25845AN
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The FBI will investigate the murder of grocery store owner Adel Karas. His death is believed to be a hate crime.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21709
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2001
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2001
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p. A1
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Crime
Karas, Adel
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21927AN
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Isaac Campbell, an Alhambra man charged with the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, appeared in court for a hearing on Tuesday and was ordered to return to court December 3, 2009. He is being held on $1 million bail. He allegedly stuffed her body in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31776
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Item ID
31973AN
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Isaac Campbell, suspect in the murder of his girlfriend Liya Lu, has been extradited from Minnesota and will face charges here. He is being held at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30819
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31007AN
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
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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
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Juan Martin Aponte pleads no contest to five felony charges in the secret-videotaping case. He will be sentenced to five years in prison.

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Pasadena Star News A1,6
Date
July 13, 2004
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Pasadena Star News A1,6
Date
July 13, 2004
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Aponte, Juan Martin
Hooters Restaurant - West Covina
Sex crimes
Item ID
28950AN
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Lisa Melinda Welchert was convicted on charges related to an Arcadia traffic fatality on February 9, 1999 that killed John Chan. The police were not held liable.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 4, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 4, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Lawsuits
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Item ID
27703AN
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William Cottrell is charged in firebombing and vandalizing of sport utility vehicles and is denied bail.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2004
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Cottrell, William Jensen
Vandalism
Item ID
28044AN
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Two New Yorkers are being held on $1 million bail for their involvement in jewelry thefts, including one in Arcadia on May 1.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2003
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Theft
Robbery
Item ID
25734AN
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Arcadia High School teacher Phillip Sutliff pleads not guilty to charges of sex crimes involving an underaged student. A pretrial hearing will take place May 15.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30495
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip
Trials
Item ID
30682AN
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Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested Dr. Daniel J. Healy, 52, of Arcadia, operator of Dr. Healy's Diet Centers and Clinics in Duarte and Rancho Cucamonga. He is accused of selling addictive painkillers from his office over a 3-year period to patients he often did not examine. Federal authorities allege Healy dispensed oxycodone and hydrocodone, among other drugs, essentially using his practice as a drug-dealing operation.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2009
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Doctors
Dr. Healy's Diet Centers and Clinics
Drugs
Healy, Daniel J.
Physicians
Item ID
31574AN
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Richard Russo, 50, of Arcadia, charged with the slaying death of his wife Carmen Russo, was denied bail.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo, Richard
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Item ID
29917AN
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Jonathan Robert Poyner, 20, a Rio Hondo Prep School employee, is being held on $1.3 million bail after being arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Lewd conduct
Poyner, Jonathan Robert
Rio Hondo Prep School
Item ID
30008AN
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Police are urging other possible victims to come forward in the case of Jose "Sonny" Baltazar, 36, an Arcadia-based medical technician arrested for allegedly committing sexual battery on a woman at a convalescent home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30954
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 19, 2008
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 19, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Baltazar, Jose ("Sonny")
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Item ID
31149AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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