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A passenger (name withheld pending notification to next of kin) in a stolen vehicle was killed and another hurt yesterday following a pursuit by Arcadia police. Richard John Villareal, 28, of Arcadia, and his male passenger led Arcadia police on a chase that ended about 11:40 AM on Lower Azusa Road and Arden Drive in Temple City when the stolen car crashed into two other vehicles. The passenger was dead at the scene. The driver sustained minor injuries and was arrested. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 7, June 5, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33847
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Villareal, Richard John
Item ID
34041AN
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Arcadia police nab residential burgler suspect 18-year-old Hassan Deontrae Murphy after a high speed pursuit. The residential burglary happened on the 2000 block of Carolwood Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35298
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Murphy, Hassan Deontrae
Item ID
35487AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police arrested 3 burglary suspects after a high-speed chase on the 210 Freeway ended in a crash in Azusa yesterday. The suspects are Dominic Bertirotti, 23, of Monrovia, Salim Alayache, 23 of Pasadena and Salvador Esparza, Jr., 18 of Azusa. No one was injured seriously.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32619
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
October 26, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
October 26, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ayalache, Salim
Bertirotti, Dominic
Crime and Criminals
Esparza, Salvador
Police car chases
Item ID
32817AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jackie Weisheng Chen, 48, of Arcadia, was sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for the counterfeit DVD trafficking of more than 30,000 DVDs with fake Dolby Laboratory Licensing Corporation trademarks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33246
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Chen, Jackie Weisheng
Crime and Criminals
Temia Media
Item ID
33443AN
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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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Mikki Porretta of Arcadia, has recovered her stolen car, a 2008 Cadillac CTS, and the cherished family photos that were in the trunk. The car was stolen in the 1000 block of Fairview Avenue at 6PM Wednesday last week. The car was recovered at Sunset Boulevard and Valley Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32133
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2010
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2010
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Porretta, Mikki
Thefts
Item ID
32330AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A high speed police chase that began in Pasadena, then went through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte and several other San Gabriel Valley cities, ended in the driving crashing into another car. The suspect was Edgar Angarita, 45, of Hollywood and the 21-year-old woman from Baldwin Park that he crashed into, are both being treated at the hospital. Police say Angarita was intoxicated. The chase occurred Monday, January 24. He is being held on suspicion of felony evading a police officer, but additional charges may be coming.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32305
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2011
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2011
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Angarita, Edgar
Crime and Criminals
Drunk drivers
Item ID
32504AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia jet fighter pilot Richard Norton killed in Twentynine Palms crash. He was a U.S. Marine and a major. He died in the F/A-18C Hornet crash on July 28, during a training exercise.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34636
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Norton, Richard "Stranger"
Deaths
United States Marines
Item ID
34828AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia shooting. Lt. John Corina, a detective for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said video footage from the Gold Line train and businesses near the scene of the shooting last Friday, of two teenagers, supports the border agent's version of the story, that three teenagers attempted to rob him. One teen was shot dead. The border patrol agent is unnamed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34900
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Corina, John
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Smith, Darrius
Item ID
35090AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A joint raid by more than 200 deputies and officers, targeting parolees with connections to the Pasadena Denver Lanes Blood gang, resulted in 15 arrests on charges ranging from possession of narcotics to weapons. The 6:00 AM raid occurred simultaneously at 71 residences in Altadena, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Monrovia, Arcadia and Temple City.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32173
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Denver Lanes Bloods
Gangs
Los Angeles County Sheriffs
Item ID
32371AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Iconic windmill spins once more at Denny’s. Less than a year after it detached and crashed into the restaurant, the windmill atop the Arcadia Denny’s is spinning again at the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. One new addition to the windmill is LED lighting capable of changing colors. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 11, November 29, 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35337
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Mendoza, Andres (Denny’s District Manager)
Sargis, Joe
Van de Kamp’s Holland Dutch Bakery
Route 66
Windmills
Item ID
35527AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arroyo High School (El Monte) assistant coach of the junior varsity softball team Raymond Daniel Yniquez, 21, of Pomona, died in a car crash on Live Oak Avenue near Las Tunas Drive, along with two others dead.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34734
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Car accidents
Garcia, Marcus J.
Velazquez, Anna Lissa
Yniquez, Raymond Daniel
Item ID
34926AN
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A 19-year-old man Matthew Zamora, could face a 25 year prison sentence for shooting and killing 24-year-old Joseph Romero of Arcadia, on June 16, 2012, on the 5200 block of Tyler Avenue in unincorporated county area near Arcadia and El Monte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34251
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Romero, Joseph
Zamora, Matthew
Item ID
34445AN
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35297
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An overnight break-in occurred at Burlington Coat Factory in Arcadia, at 1201 S. Baldwin Avenue. Employee found a jewelry display case had been smashed open. Arcadia police searched the store but no suspect was found. It was not clear what, if anything, had been stolen, other than the jewelry from the case.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33648
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2013
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Burglaries
Burlington Coat Factory
Castro, Mike
Crime and Criminals
Retail stores
Item ID
33843AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Teen is killed and another was shot by off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer after the boys allegedly attacked and tried to rob him in Arcadia, at about 8:15 PM in the area of Colorado Boulevard and 1st Avenue, on May 26, 2017. A third teen that was involved ran away.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34899
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Smith, Darrius
Item ID
35089AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Miguel Solorzano, 31, of El Monte and Constancio Lopez, Jr., 30, of El Monte, were accused of burglarizing an Arcadia home in the 5100 block of Marshburn Avenue during fumigation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33610
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Lopez, Constancio, Jr.
Solorzano, Miguel
Item ID
33805AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park race track attendance is on the upswing. It drew 40,810 on Friday, its biggest opening day turnout since 2011. On-track attendance was up 33% over last year, partly because of the free infield admission program, which drew more than 10,000 people. Total wagering, including bets placed from all over the country, rose nearly 30% to more than $17 million. On-site betting was more than $3.4 million. The City of Arcadia gets 1/3 of 1% of all on-site wagering.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34051
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Kruckeberg, Jason
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34245AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dajin Tang, 52, employee of Arcadia-based Millennium Trucking Company filed a negligence lawsuit against his employer and his supervisor Xu Chen. Tang was involved in a crash near Rockwood, Tennessee. The suit alleges his employer forced him to wait a week to get medical care, after he was seriously hurt.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34162
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2015
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2015
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Millennium Trucking Company
Chen, Xu
Lawsuits
Tang, Dajin
Item ID
34356AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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