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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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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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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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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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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Business owners
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Supermarkets
Torres, George
Trials
Item ID
31919AN
Collection
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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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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The trial of accused killer Richard Russo, of Arcadia, comes to a close a year after the murder occurred.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30183
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30369AN
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Newspaper Index
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Judge found that a man was sane at the time of the bludgeoning deaths of his then-estranged wife's two teenage nephews in the boys' Arcadia home. Deyun Shi is on trial for the murders of 15-year-old Anthony Lin, who was asleep when attacked with bolt cutters, and 16-year-old brother William Lin, who was killed while studying in a separate room, on January 22, 2016. Shi was found giulty on two counts of first-degree murder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36650
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
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David Wei Lin, father of slain teens William Lin and Anthony Lin, testifies emotionally at brother-in-law Deyun Shi's murder trial. Anthony and William were beaten to death by a bolt cutter in their Arcadia home in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Arcadia. Deyun Shi is the uncle of the two boys and stands trial for their murders and for injuring his wife Amy Lin with a maul.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36643
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Amy
Lin, Anthony
Lin, David Wei
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
Collection
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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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Stockbroker Richard Robert Russo will stand trial for the murder of his wife Carmen. She was found shot to death in the couple's exclusive Santa Anita Oaks home in August.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29737
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
29922AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jonathan Robert Poyner, 21, of Glendora, will stand trial for numerous alleged lewd acts on 10 boys at Rio Hondo Preparatory School. He was a volunteer sports coach.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30193
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Child molestation
Crime and Criminals
Poyner, Jonathan Robert
Rio Hondo Preparatory School
Trials
Item ID
30380AN
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Newspaper Index
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Carlos Martinez and Christian Martinez were found guilty of the 2004 murder of Alberto Castillo, a Texas man, at a Motel 6 in Arcadia. Peter Santisteven, another suspect, is awaiting trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30605
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Castillo, Alberto
Crime and Criminals
Martinez, Carlos
Martinez, Christian
Murders
Santisteven, Peter
Trials
Item ID
30793AN
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
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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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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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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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The trial of Isaac Campbell, a San Gabriel man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu and stuffing her body in a trash can at his friend Michael Darby's home in Arcadia, has begun at Alhambra Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32653
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Darby, Michael
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Trials
Item ID
32850AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Phillip Sutliff is expected to tell a Pasadena Superior Court judge whether he will accept a plea-bargain ageement or stand trial for sex crimes with a minor, a former student of his at Arcadia High School. Their relationship happened over a 2 1/2 year period. He is currently on unpaid leave from his job.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip
Trials
Item ID
30833AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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