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Arcadia, Monrovia, and Duarte schools all forced to lock down this week due to phoned in threats of a gunman on 4 separate campuses. On Thursday, September 12, the caller contacted Arcadia Police Department, reporting "he was at Arcadia High School and that he was going to start shooting students with an assault rifle." A second call was received during the police search of the campus that told officers to back off or they would be shot. No suspects of weapons were found.

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Mountain Views News
Date
September 14, 2013
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
September 14, 2013
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p. 1
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Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Item ID
33810AN
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Arcadia police are investigating a claim by Ken Wright, an Altadena man, that a plainclothes Arcadia officer followed him to Pasadena and, without identifying himself, shot at him at least 5 times. Wright will file a claim for damages against the officer and the Arcadia police department.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1981
Pages
p. C-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1981
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p. C-3
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2196AN
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Arcadia resident, Robert Charles Porter, was arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder for allegedly executing a San Dimas police informer and wounding another.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1969
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1969
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p. 1
Subjects
Crime
Porter, Robert Charles
Item ID
22244AN
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Police arrested two men who allegedly bilked five people of $20 to $100 with a phony bail scheme.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1391AN
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Biographical notes on Arcadia Police Officer Louise Smiderle. She is the first and only woman police officer to ride solo in an Arcadia police unit.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 25, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 25, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Smiderle, Louise
Item ID
2224AN
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A gunman driving an off-white pick-up truck attempted to kidnap two 12 year old Arcadia girls as they walked through the parking lot of Camino Grove Elementary School on Sunday afternoon.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
86AN
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Arcadia police arrested a 15-year-old boy for storing a .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol in his locker.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Criminal Behavior
Item ID
2675AN
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Police raided the stable area of Santa Anita Park race track and arrested 4 stable workers for allegedly selling cocaine to fellow employees.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1472AN
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The Arcadia Police Department's cadet program is profiled, including the stories of several cadets, especially 21-year-old Arcadia resident Sandra Schreiner.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2206AN
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After serving 17 years as a crossing guard, 83-year-old Harry Christianson is retiring. The children at Highland Oaks honored him with a special Mr. Chris Day.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Christianson, Harry
Item ID
942AN
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The Arcadia Police Department donated their old tan uniforms to the Tijuana Police Department after receiving new blue uniforms.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2199AN
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A woman pedestrian was critically injured in a hit and run and an Arcadia police officer suffered injuries in a second mishap, both in heavy traffic outside Santa Anita Park. The female victim also suffered the theft of her purse just minutes before the auto mishap.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
3401AN
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Moises Davila, a 20-year-old resident of Arcadia, and a part-time employee of the Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department, was arrested for lewd acts with a child under 14. The suspicious physical contact allegedly happened between him and a female juvenile who was attending Afterschool Recreation Program at Longley Way Elementary School in Arcadia.

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Mountain Views News
Date
March 30, 2019
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
March 30, 2019
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p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department
Crime and Criminals
Davila, Moises
Item ID
35600AN
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The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1367AN
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Arcadia Police Department S.W.A.T. Team busted a marijuana cultivation operation in the 300 block of Walnut Avenue. Three suspects, Xiaoshen Zhang, Te Zhang and Peng Song were arrested. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, January 23, 2020.

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Mountain Views News
Date
January 18, 2020
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 18, 2020
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p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Cannabis
Marijuana
Song, Peng
Zhang, Te
Zhang, Xiaoshen
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An 18-year-old male was stabbed to death at a strip mall in the 1300 block of S. Golden West Avenue in Arcadia. Juan Lorenzo, age 31, and Jose Antonio Cruz Ramirez, age 26, both of San Gabriel, were arrested and booked on murder charges. Both suspects work at Money Pot Shabu Shabu Restaurant.

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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
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p. 22
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 22
Subjects
Berry, Anthony
Crime and Criminals
Lorenzo, Juan
Murder
Ramirez, Jose Antonio Cruz
Item ID
32949AN
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In the face of astronomical insurance rates, Arcadia is seriously examining joining other cities to form what would in effect be a small insurance company. Arcadia Finance Director, Jerry Shuster, said the insurance rate for 1985-86 shot up 500% from costs last year.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 20, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 20, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Insurance
Item ID
1868AN
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Officer Mike Blair, with his partner, Rick Merkh of the South Lake Tahoe Police Dept. won a silver medal in the golf competition at this year's California Police Summer Games in Sacramento.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 12, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 12, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Police - Blair, Mike
Item ID
2209AN
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With approval by the Arcadia City Council, an anti-drug officer and an anti-burglary officer will soon join the Arcadia Police Department.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2198AN
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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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Newspaper Index
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