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Tranquility of Arcadia disrupted by barricaded gunman. Arcadia Police officer and two civilians wounded when police responded to a domestic violence call in the 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue in Arcadia. The suspect Nurhan Venk, 47, allegedly shot the Arcadia police officer in the face, allegedly shot his 73-year-old mother Ankine Venk. A stray bullet hit an 83-year-old man across the street.

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Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
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p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Ankine
Venk, Nurhan
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Man arrested after shooting in Arcadia. A 47-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, August 10, for shooting and injuring an Arcadia police officer (shot in the jaw), the suspect's 73-year-old mother (shot in the chest) and the neighbor across the street (shot in the eye with stray bullet). All three are stable and expected to survive. The shooting and standoff happened at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue due to a family dispute. The 26-year-old Arcadia officer has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and has 3 years of previous law enforcement experience.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Nurhan Venk, 47, suspect in the shooting of Arcadia police officer, charged with attempted murder for shooting the officer in the face. He faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly shooting his 73-year-old mother in the chest. Zoo Yang, an 83-year-old neighbor across the street was also struck by a stray bullet while he was watching his grandchild.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36302
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Arcadia shooting at barricade scene injures one Arcadia police officer and 2 civilians. LA Sheriff's Department assisted Arcadia Police Department with the response at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue for a domestic dispute.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
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p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Arcadia police officer wounded in shooting is released from hospital. Officer Kevin Manley, 26, is recovering from his injury (shot in the jaw) by suspect Nurhan Venk during a domestic dispute and barricade. Manley has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and worked for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department before that. He has 3 years of law enforcement experience.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Manley, Kevin
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Suspect in Arcadia burglary in the 200 block of Monte Place, Steve Gainer, was arrested following a high-speed chase. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 12, March 31, 2016.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2016
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2016
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p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Gainer, Steve
Item ID
34696AN
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Arcadia K-9 unit to speak at Arcadia Community Coordinating Council meeting in November. Sergeant Jeremy Lachenmyer, K-9 officer Kota and Officer Travis Sargent will be the speakers.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Community Coordinating Council
Arcadia Police Department
Canines
K-9 Unit
Lachenmyer, Jeremy
Sargent, Travis
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Three arrested for marijuana cultivation in the 1000 block of North First Avenue.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2014
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p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Chu, Jessie Soi
Drugs
Marijuana
Rodriguez, Rodrigo Salas
Tran, Viet Van
Item ID
34031AN
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Arcadia police bust marijuana cultivation operation in the 500 block of East Longden Avenue on November 5, 2013 at approximately 7:00 AM.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
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p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Drugs
Marijuana
Item ID
33870AN
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Efrain R. Quezada of San Gabriel arrested for burglary after stealing tracker cash pack from an Arcadia business in the 1200 block of South Golden West Avenue.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Quezada, Efrain R.
Item ID
35449AN
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Arcadia Police Department has expanded the duties of volunteers to write parking tickets for handicap-space and street-sweeping violations.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2004
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Volunteers in Patrol
Witt, Don
Palacios, Lillian
Item ID
29173AN
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Cats have turned up dead with .22 caliber bullet wounds at the Santa Anita Park race track stable. Police launch an investigation into animal cruelty.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2004
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p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Cats
Animal cruelty
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Stray animals
Item ID
29254AN
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Resident David Fong and Arcadia Police Chief Robert Guthrie address recent Arcadia school lockdowns. Highland Oaks School had been put on lockdown while Arcadia police searched for suspects in a residential robbery. Arcadia Unified School District has only one school resource officer and Fong asked the city to seriously consider additional safety measures at Arcadia schools.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Fong, David
Guthrie, Robert
Safety
Item ID
35411AN
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Sergeant Dean Caputo said Arcadia Police Department has arrested suspect Cathrino Antonio Gomez, 36, a transient, on charges of auto theft, child endangerment and felony evading arrest. He was arrested after crashing the stolen car while fleeing police.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2006
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gomez, Cathrino Antonio
Caputo, Dean
Arcadia Police Department
Automobile theft
Car chases
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30072AN
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Former Arcadia police lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 40, entered his plea of guilty to false personation and identity theft, both felonies, and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. The solicitations happened between January and May of 2005, while Kuwahara was on duty as watch commander. He faces up to 5 years in prison. The article includes Chief Bob Sanderson's comments.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
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p. A1
Subjects
Kuwahara, Kenneth
Sanderson, Bob
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30130AN
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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
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Item ID
33810AN
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Dorothy Denne, longtime Arcadia humorist, "Mother of the Force" honored by Arcadia Police Foundation at the Arcadia Police Foundation's Halloween Hoopla. Arcadia Mayor April Verlato and her husband attended. For 20 years, Dorothy wrote a weekly column called "Dorothy's Place" in Arcadia Weekly. She was a teacher for her career and has been a volunteer at the Arcadia Police Department. In 2015 she spearheaded the effort to bring back the K-9 program.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Foundation
Denne, Dorothy
Miller, Terry
Volunteers
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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."

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 3, 2016
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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
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GPS in bait package leads to arrest of two Canoga Park women who drove through Arcadia in a stolen car. The arrested women are Devon Ricco Menendez and Unique Rios. The GPS-equipped decoy package was left out in the southeast portion of the city. See also Mountain Views News, p. 7, March 26, 2016. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 12, March 31, 2016.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2016
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p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2016
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Menendez, Devon Ricco
Rios, Unique
Theft
Item ID
34695AN
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Arcadia Police Records Bureau has new hours effective Sunday, September 23, 2012, operating 6 AM to 10 PM daily. The police department lobby will remain open for community access to the online reporting system and overnight parking permit (TOPEC) machine.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2012
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2012
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Records Bureau
Item ID
33365AN
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