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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger offers $20,000 reward in Arcadia investigation into heinous murder of Chyong Jen Tsai, a 76-year-old Arcadia woman, whose body was found on April 9, 2019 in her backyard in 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Her 2005 Lexus RX300 is believed to have been stolen from her home.

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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
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p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Barger, Kathryn
Deaths
Murders
Rewards
Tsai, Chyong Jen
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35639AN
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Authorities identify dead woman found slain at her home in Arcadia as 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai. Detectives are still looking for whoever killed the Arcadia grandmother and stole a white Lexus RX300 from the home in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Three weeks before the killing, her home had been burglarized. Detectives are not ruling out this connection to the homicide.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. A13
Subjects
Biddle, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35611AN
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Murder victim identified as Chyong Jen Tsai. Her body was found in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue, outside her house in the garden.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Chyong, Jen Tsai
Crime and Criminals
Murder
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Luis Alonso Cruz Gaitan, 33, of Altadena and Isis Ondina Villalobos, 26, of Pasadena, accused of helping suspect named Heber Diaz in the killing of Chyong Jen Tsai, 76, during a burglary and robbery at her Arcadia home on April 9.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Diaz, Heber
Gaitan, Luis Alonso Cruz
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Villalobos, Isis Ondina
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Pasadena man Heber Enoc Diaz charged with capital murder of 76-year-old Arcadia woman Chyong Jen Tsai. Also charged were Luis Alonso Cruz Gaitan of Altadena and Isis Ondina Villalobos of Pasadena as accessories after the fact.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. 12
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Diaz, Heber Enoc
Gaitan, Luis Alonso Cruz
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Villalobos, Isis Ondina
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Family of murder victim Chyong Jen Tsai, left appalled by District Attorney George Gascon's reforms. Man accused in slaying facing a shorter sentence of 32 years and 4 months-to-life in prison if convicted, instead of life in prison without parole if prosecuted with "special circumstances." Gascon wants judge to dismiss two special circumstance allegations against the accused. Tsai was killed April 9, 2019 at her Arcadia home.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2021
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2021
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p. A1, A4
Subjects
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Chyong, Jen Tsai
Diaz, Heber Enoc
Gascon, George (District Attorney)
Murders
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A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Item ID
1379AN
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Patsy Chang Kote, a live-in housekeeper, was arrested Monday at the Arcadia home of Ruth LeBerthon on suspicion of elder abuse and grand theft after she admitted tricking the 92 year old woman in her care into cashing pension checks and then taking the money.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 1997
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kote, Patsy Chang
Item ID
11197AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2015
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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
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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.

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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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The East Arcadia home of an Asian family was vandalized by unknown assailants. A motive for the crime was not known, though there was some speculation that it may have been racially motivated.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1986
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1986
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Vandalism
Item ID
3430AN
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An Arcadia family was terrorized and victimized at gunpoint in a home invasion robbery. The robbers choked the father of the family until he gave them cash and threatened to return to kill the family if they called police. The robbery occurred in the 100 block of West Forest Avenue. It is not known if this crime is related to the robbery of an elderly couple in Arcadia last week.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32026AN
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An unidentified woman was caught in a robbery attempt at a house in the 300 block of West Colorado. She fled in the homeowner's Jeep Cherokee, was chased by an Arcadia police officer and was caught in Castaic.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2003
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2003
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p. A2
Subjects
Robbery
Item ID
27270AN
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The body of Liya Lu, a 31-year-old woman, was found in a back yard on Baldwin Avenue. Her American name is "Jessie". She was last seen on August 11. See also 30907AN.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
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p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
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Two Arcadia homes found by Arcadia Police Department to be used for indoor marijuana growing operations in the 1800 block of South Baldwin Avenue and the 300 block of West Woodruff Avenue. Gao Ming, 46-year-old male from Arcadia, Jia Hui Shen, 27-year-old male from El Monte, and Lan Lau, a 34-year-old female from Arcadia, were arrested and booked at Arcadia City Jail.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
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p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Drugs
Lau, Lan
Marijuana
Ming, Gao
Shen, Jia Hui
Item ID
34275AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2010
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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
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A San Bernardino teen is arrested following crash. Arcadia police find the fatal hit-and-run suspect, a 17-year old boy, hiding in the bushes after pedestrian, a 28-year-old man, is killed crossing Huntington Drive. The suspect drove a gray Dodge Charger, which was found in the 1200 block of Oakhaven Road, with front end damage and a broken windshield.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
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p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
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p. A6
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Fatalities
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An Arcadia woman's life was saved when her neighbor's carbon monoxide alarm went off. Neighbors alerted authorities who then broke into her apartment to find her unconscious. She was rushed to the hospital and is now in good condition.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2007
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p. News 9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2007
Pages
p. News 9
Subjects
Carbon monoxide
Poisons
Item ID
30553AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
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p. A1, A5
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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
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A suspect, described as a Chinese woman in her mid-50s, 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, may have attempted to kidnap a 7-year old girl from Holly Avenue Elementary School. She was unsuccessful and may have mental health issues.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnap
Item ID
30585AN
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