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23 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma was ambushed and stabbed to death October 13 in the exercise yard of San Quentin State Prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced him to die for killing two children and their mother in El Monte in 1995.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
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p. A1
Subjects
Palma, Jimmy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11720AN
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An off duty Arcadia police officer (name withheld) killed an Altadena man, Anthony Denham, 22, as the officer and four others were being robbed by the man and several armed accomplices.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 11, 1992
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p. A-1
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Star Tribune
Date
December 11, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
318AN
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A judge sentences two men to die by lethal injection for murdering two children and three adults in a 1995 attack that prosecutors said was ordered by the Mexican Mafia prison gang. One of the defendants was Jimmy Palma, 23, of Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
9883AN
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Convicted rapist Steven Wu, the Arcadia deacon who drugged his two sisters-in-law and videotaped himself sexually assaulting them, was sentenced to 79 years in prison Friday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1399
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Wu, Steven
Item ID
1398AN
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A plaque in honor of Officer Albert E. Matthies, the only Arcadia police officer killed in the line of duty, will be dedicated by the Police Department on July 9th. Attending will be Officer Matthies' two daughters, Minnie Matthies and Zora Kristufek.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
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p. 8
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Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Police
Matthies, Albert E.
Item ID
6079AN
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At least 40 officers from five different agencies joined a massive search Thursday for a man suspected of robbing the California State Bank in Arcadia. Roosevelt Davis, 25, was arrested in an Arcadia neighborhood after the search.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 1998
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p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
12460AN
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James Jason Stathum was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the videotaped fatal shooting of Arcadia resident Munther Farah Gharib. At the time of the shooting, Gharib was working in a La Puente convenience store.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Gahrib, Munther Farah
Crime and Criminals
Stathum, James Jason
Item ID
6512AN
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A man with a stun gun shot and tried to kidnap two 16-year old girls walking down Golden West Avenue, but resident Dale Raine's yells scared the man away.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1994
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P. 3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1994
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P. 3 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
3609AN
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Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose by more than 25 percent last year. Two incidents of hate crime reportedly occurred in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1997
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p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9516AN
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A judge on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old Arcadia resident to 3 years probation for the strangulation killing of his father, Wenda Peter Liu.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 1995
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p. 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 1995
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Murder
Item ID
5485AN
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As part of a plea agreement, Jack Howard Colnot II of Arcadia pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $89,000 in soccer league funds. He will be sentenced to five years probation and ordered to repay the money.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6065
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Colnot, Jack Howard II
Item ID
5898AN
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On Saturday, May 6, there was an attempted rape at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 18, 1995
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p. 15
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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 18, 1995
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
4422AN
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David Edward Foley of Duarte was discovered hanging by his own T-shirt from the bars of his cell in the Arcadia City jail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11761
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11968AN
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Arcadia Police Captain David Hinig was named the city's new police chief.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1999
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hinig, David
Police
Item ID
17592AN
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Man Yao was robbed when she returned to her home in the 800 block of Volante Drive about 7:15 P.M. Sunday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3298
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1997
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
10997AN
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Police arrested two men and are seeking two others in connection with a stabbing that occurred at the height of the holiday shopping season at the Santa Anita Fashion Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11526
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11724AN
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Police have arrested a 16 year old Arcadia High School student on suspicion of firing a gun Monday afternoon at two teenagers involved in an on-campus brawl several hours earlier.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
16AN
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A profile of Captain David Hinig who will assume duties as Chief of Police on September 11.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hinig, David
Police Department
Item ID
27178AN
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A suspected bank robber, a 46-year old man from Nevada, was killed and a 14-year old Temple City girl was injured in a shootout with police in a strip mall in the 600 block of W. Duarte Road.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
February 6, 1993
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p. A-1 photo
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Star Tribune
Date
February 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
280AN
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In the past two years, reports of violence against Asians has increased 100% each year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1992
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1992
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
56AN
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