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Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30240
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Russo, Richard Robert
Suicide
Item ID
30427AN
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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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Frank Guzman, who was shot by deputies after barricading himself inside his trailer, died of his wounds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25381
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Shooting
Santa Anita Village Mobile Home Park
Guzman, Frank
Item ID
25580AN
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Newspaper Index
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Francie Bagnall, 47, died after being shot with a .357 Magnum. Joseph Randazzo, 35, of Arcadia was arrested on suspicion of murder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4554
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1995
Pages
p. A-4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1995
Pages
p. A-4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Bagnall, Francie
Randazzo, Joseph
Item ID
4430AN
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Newspaper Index
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Roberta Reynolds, 39, an English teacher at Temple City High School, was shot by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30342
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - suicide
Reynolds, Roberta
Item ID
30528AN
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Ryan Brock, 29, of San Gabriel, was shot several times in the chest Wednesday, April 13, 2005 in the parking lot of 99 Ranch Market and later died. Police believe it was not a random robbery gone bad but there may have been a relationship between the suspect and the victim. The suspect appeared to be Latino, around age 20. Police are seeking help from witnesses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29471
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Shootings
99 Ranch Market
Brock, Ryan
Item ID
29656AN
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Newspaper Index
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A Monrovia firefighter, Fernando Rodriguez, 41, shot his wife, Katherine Rodriguez, and then himself in the parking lot of City of Hope National Medical Center. Arcadia and Los Angeles County fire teams watched over Monrovia after all Monrovia fire personnel were called in to hear the news.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30079
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rodriguez, Fernando
Rodriguez, Katherine
City of Hope National Medical Center
Firefighters
Monrovia Fire Department
Murder-suicide
Shootings
Item ID
30265AN
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Newspaper Index
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A jury hears defendant Richard Robert Russo's conversation with Arcadia policeman Bruce Smith as he says, "I killed my wife." Russo's wife Carmen had about 18 bullet holes in her body. Russo is charged with murder and two counts of child abuse. They lived in the exclusive Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30180
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30366AN
Collection
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Maria Sanchez, a UCLA graduate who went to school in Arcadia, Sierra Madre, and Temple City, is now a member of the select group of British Marshall Scholarship winners. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper155
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo; Hometown section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Sanchez, Maria
Item ID
155AN
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton, charged with wire and mail fraud and embezzling money from the Thornton Kidney Research Foundation, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Crime - Embezzlement
Crime - Fraud
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25845AN
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An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Fraud
Scams
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25502AN
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Newspaper Index
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Peter Chang, 60, of Long Beach, admitted in court that he shot his estranged wife, Liya ("Sandy") Lu, 32, in front of her Arcadia home on Bonita Street. He was immediately sentenced to 29 years to life in prison. The murder occurred on January 27, 2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31949
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chang, Peter
Crime and Criminals
Lu, Liya ("Sandy")
Murders
Shootings
Item ID
32146AN
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Andy Thuy Tran of Alhambra died of his wounds after being stabbed in the head during an altercation at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11527
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1997
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1997
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11725AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36642
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
Pages
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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Richard Robert Russo, who is charged with the murder of his wife Carmen Russo, is described as aloof, while Carmen was described as effervescent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30181
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30367AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton was arrested for embezzling charitable funds and impersonating federal officers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thornton, David Frederick
Item ID
24013AN
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Ronald Konoske, 58, a resident of an unincorporated county area south of Arcadia, died Monday of cancer. Konoske was head of a campaign alleging that a San Dimas based water utility caused the cancer in him and others.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11524
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 1997
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 1997
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Konoske, Ronald
Item ID
11722AN
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Peter Phoenix and Maria Miguel were arrested in connection with a series of scams in which elderly people had cash and jewelry stolen from their homes. They are accused of at least five burglaries since February in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29468
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Burglaries and thefts
Phoenix, Peter
Miguel, Maria
Item ID
29653AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Samah Ouda, a 12-year-old girl from Beit Hanoun, Gaza who was shot in the head by sniper fire, was treated at Arcadia Methodist Hospital by Dr. Bala S. Chandrasekhar. She had received help from the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29827
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ouda, Samah
Chandrasekhar, Dr. Bala S.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Palestinians
Item ID
30012AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ex-Muir High School teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, will be tried for murdering his his ex-wife's boyfriend Justo Cesar Morales. He pleaded not guilty. Ex-wife Tania Landreth claimed he had confessed to killing Morales

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Trials
Item ID
31552AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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