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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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Newspaper
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
Collection
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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Newspaper
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
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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Newspaper
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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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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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Daniel Healy, 53, of Arcadia, pled guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance, the painkiller oxycodone. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced December 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31565
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drugs
Healy, Daniel
Oxycodone
Trials
Item ID
31761AN
Collection
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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Arcadia stockbroker Richard Robert Russo was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife Carmen one year ago. He faces 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30379AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Deqiang Song, 26, of Monterey Park, gets life in prison without possibility of parole, for the crime of kidnapping for ransom, and a second sentence of life in prison plus four years, for the attempted murder of his then 21-year-old victim. Song met his victim through a mutual friend and took her to Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. Then he took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County. He strangled the woman and slit her throat. He called her father for ransom. She survived.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Trials
Item ID
33167AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Murder trial. Deyun Shi, man accused of revenge on family. The prosecutor said Shi, a Chinese citizen, had plan to flee to Hong Kong after killing his 2 teenage nephews in Arcadia and an attack against his wife. Shi faces life in prison without parole if convicted in the January 22, 2016 killings of 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin, and of injuring his wife the day before. The boys were bludgeoned to death in their home in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36642
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Amy
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bowen Du, 19, of Arcadia, has taken a plea deal in the death of Arcadia teen Alice Zhang. He has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors--vehicular manslaughter with simple negligence and reckless driving causing injury. Du faces a maximum of 18 months in jail when he is sentenced on December 20.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32646
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Pedestrians--safety
Traffic Accidents
Trials
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
32843AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jury finds Deyun Shi, guilty of killing nephews in their Arcadia home. Shi is convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2016 'revenge' act against estranged wife. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A8, March 13, 2024- Jurors get case of man charged in killings of nephews in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36649
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A jury hears defendant Richard Robert Russo's conversation with Arcadia policeman Bruce Smith as he says, "I killed my wife." Russo's wife Carmen had about 18 bullet holes in her body. Russo is charged with murder and two counts of child abuse. They lived in the exclusive Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30180
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30366AN
Collection
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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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Teacher Phillip Sutliff, 34, of Azusa, arrested for sex crimes against a former student at Arcadia High School, will be tried in court tomorrow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30637
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip
Trials
Item ID
30825AN
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Newspaper Index
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The preliminary hearing for accused murderer Isaac Campbell has begun in Alhambra. He is charged in the death of Liya "Jessie" Lu, who went missing August 11, 2007. Her body was found more than 1 month later, stuffed in a trash can at a home in Arcadia. The victim's last text message was scrutinized in court. So far, the proceedings have consisted solely of testimony by Lu's coworker and friend George Molina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31445
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31638AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A tentative trial date of July 23 has been set for Arcadia High School English teacher Phillip Sutliff who has been accused of multiple sex crimes against a former student.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30563
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip
Trials
Item ID
30751AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Officer Troy Hernandez, now with Arcadia Police Department, formerly of South Gate Police Department, along with three other South Gate Police officers, is taking a racial discrimination and retaliation case against the City of South Gate to trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Discrimination
Hernandez, Troy
Lawsuits
Police
Trials
Item ID
30572AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Man, 52, gets two life sentences for killing his nephews in Arcadia. Deyun Shi will spend the rest of his life in prison without a chance for parole for killing 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin in their Arcadia home on the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, and for attacking his now-former wife Amy Lin, at the couple's La Canada Flintridge residence.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36683
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Domestic abuse
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
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