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Monrovia man Gerardo Cortez, 26, was arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children with an assault rifle at schools (including Arcadia High School), the Westfield Santa Anita mall, and a hospital in the San Gabriel Valley last week. He was booked at Monrovia Police Department for five counts of felony Making Criminal Threats and five counts of False Report of an Emergency. He is to be arraigned today. See also Mountain Views News, September 14, 2013, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33617
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Guthrie, Robert (Chief of Arcadia Police Department)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33812AN
Collection
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Arcadia police seek information and help with a home invasion robbery that took place June 13, 2013 at approximately 11:44 PM at a residence in the 500 block of East Norman Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33528
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robberies
Item ID
33723AN
Collection
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Two Arcadia women were robbed at knifepoint on October 14, 2013 at about 3:10 AM at a residence in the 200 block of El Dorado Street. Police are investigating.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33649
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 26
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 26
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robberies
Item ID
33844AN
Collection
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Arcadia Police Department (APD) successfully battles property crime, deploying bait packages with GPS trackers to foil package thieves, decoy bikes and other mysterious objects. With APD's time tested and evidence-based program, citizens can rest assured that police are actively combating robbers, burglars, and thieves.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35039
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department (APD)
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35230AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department pursues stolen package to Pasadena. Suspect evades multiple law enforcement agencies. The package contained a GPS tracking device.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34781
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Thefts
Item ID
34972AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia Police Department officer Christian Blesch gets 180 days in jail for pilfering more than $40,000 from the Arcadia Police Officers Association. He has paid back the amount stolen and resigned.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33977
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2014
Pages
p. 31
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2014
Pages
p. 31
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Officers Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34171AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christian Eric Blesch, 36, a former Arcadia police officer and Arcadia Police Officers' Association treasurer, is accused of embezzling $50,000. He pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court on the felony charges of grand theft by embezzlement. He was elected January 2011 to serve as treasurer. He resigned from Arcadia Police Department last month. A second police officer is being investigated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33635
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33830AN
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Arcadia police bust marijuana cultivation operation in the 500 block of East Longden Avenue on November 5, 2013 at approximately 7:00 AM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33674
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Drugs
Marijuana
Item ID
33870AN
Collection
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Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch, 36, was arrested and charged with grand theft. He allegedly embezzled funds from the Arcadia Police Officers' Association over a period of several months. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was no longer employed by Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33643
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--employees
Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33838AN
Collection
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Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch (photo), 36, was arrested for embezzlement of Arcadia Police Officers' Association funds. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was terminated. Blesch allegedly charegd more than $50,000 for personal items on a police association's credit card. He pleaded not guilty to a felony count of grand theft by embezzlement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33633
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33828AN
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Home invasion robbery in unincorporated Arcadia leaves father of 3 dead. Police issue sketch of wanted subject. The dead man is Jose Antonio Parra and lived on the 11000 block of Kristi Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32683
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department--Homicide Bureau
Murders
Parra, Jose Antonio
Robberies
Item ID
32880AN
Collection
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Armed robbery at Santa Anita Inn, 130 West Huntington Drive. Suspect struck victim with gun, causing lacerations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34414
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2015
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2015
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Hotels and motels
Santa Anita Inn
Item ID
34606AN
Collection
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Receiving stolen property arrests aided by identification of items and social media. On February 21, Arcadia police arrested two female adults, Daijah D. Ellsworth and Rickeira T. Pearson, one juvenile female, and an adult male for stolen property in their car. Police connected the arrestees to a burglary in Palos Verdes using social media platform "Nextdoor."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34476
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 3, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 3, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Ellsworth, Daijah D.
Pearson, Rickeira T.
Item ID
34668AN
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Mentally ill man Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia, is arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children at a hospital, a mall, and schools in Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33628
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
September 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33822AN
Collection
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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
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Homeless man David King Brewster, 25, was sentenced to two years in state prison for attacking Arcadia police officer on July 6, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34462
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police
Brewster, David King
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34654AN
Collection
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Armed robbery at Hilton Garden Inn in Arcadia. Tattooed suspect still at large.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34156
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 23, 2015
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 23, 2015
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Hilton Garden Inn
Hotels
Item ID
34350AN
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Four men try to rob an Arcadia couple outside their home near Lovell Avenue and Camino Real Avenue. They are in the jewelry business and just got home after attending a trade show. The couple believe the robbers followed them home. Anyone with information should call Arcadia police detectives.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 13, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 13, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32454AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia was arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children with an AK-47 at schools (including Arcadia High School), a mall, and hospitals in the San Gabriel Valley last week. See also Mountain Views News, September 14, 2013, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33616
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33811AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police nab bicycle thief with GPS tracking device. Suspect is 46-year-old Edward Castillo of Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34727
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Technology
Castillo, Edward
Crime and Criminals
Thieves
Item ID
34919AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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