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Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch (photo), 36, was arrested for embezzlement of Arcadia Police Officers' Association funds. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was terminated. Blesch allegedly charegd more than $50,000 for personal items on a police association's credit card. He pleaded not guilty to a felony count of grand theft by embezzlement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33633
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33828AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia, pleads not guilty in threats to shoot students in area schools. He is charged with 6 counts of making false criminal threats and 5 counts of falsely reporting an emergency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33664
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
33860AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch, 36, was arrested and charged with grand theft. He allegedly embezzled funds from the Arcadia Police Officers' Association over a period of several months. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was no longer employed by Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33643
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--employees
Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33838AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department and Monrovia Police Department catch vacuum thief who stole a $600 vacuum from a store on Huntington Drive, then he caught the 187 Foothill Transit Bus to get away. The police cited and released him on the promise to appear in court on the charge of theft.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34634
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thieves
Item ID
34826AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Little Leagues in Arcadia and Monrovia are creating one joint softball league for girls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27759
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Sports - Softball
Organizations - Little League
Item ID
27956AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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57-year-old Richard Henry Solis of Arcadia faces two felony counts of grand theft from elder and six counts of petty theft from elder. The alleged crimes involved Solis claiming the victims had injured him with their vehicles and then asking for money for medical expenses or stealing their belongings, reportedly stealing $100,000 from the victims.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Solis, Richard Henry
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Recreation and Community Services introduces youth basketball league, designed to expose children to the fundamental skills of the sport.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35348
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Recreation and Community Services
Basketball
Item ID
35538AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Twenty-five year old Matthew Fay Echauri of Arcadia, has been found guilty of brutally stabbing his 18-year-old girlfriend in Temple City two years ago. He was found guilty of four felony counts: one count of attempted murder, one count of mayhem, two counts of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime with force and violence. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35479
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2019
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Echauri, Matthew Fay
Item ID
35671AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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David Ma pleads guilty to charges of violating an ordinance prohibiting the placement of election signs on private property when he was running for the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25938
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Pasadena City College Board of Trustees
Ma, David
Item ID
26138AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia American Little League Gray beat Sierra Madre Black 11 to 5 at Heasley Field on Tuesday to claim the District 17 Fall Ball Championship.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33696
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Baseball
Dowd, Patrick
Gewecke, Kellen
Little League
Lustig, Brandon
Rizzo, Mike
Tang, Jonah
Item ID
33892AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arrest made in Arcadia High School sexual assault investigation. 18-year-old former Arcadia High School student Dylan Chan has been arrested on allegations of sexual assault involving current and past students at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35767
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, Dylan
Crime and Criminals
Sexual assaults
Collection
Newspaper Index
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World War II B-17 bomber pilot Jack McEwan shares his story with Baldwin Stocker Elementary School students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34346
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Lau, Jayden
McEwan, Jack
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Veterans Day
World War II veterans
Item ID
34539AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Historic victory for Arcadia American Little League, age 9-10 All-Stars. They won the first District 17 Championship in the long history of the league.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33548
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2013
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2013
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Baseball
Belvoir, Ace
Easter, Mike
Eskridge, Julian
Gewecke, Kellen
Gruppie, Michael
Harrison, Chris
Hillier, Mike
Jin, Edward
Little League
Matthias, David
Williams, Brandon
Item ID
33743AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Veterans group and Arcadia Mayor April Verlato celebrate World War II veteran Jack McEwan's 100th birthday. He was a pilot on a B-17 bomber from 1942-1943.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35631
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
McEwan, Jack
Verlato, April
Veterans
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Carjacking suspect arrested in Arcadia after entering Monrovia home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35665
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Penny Grund of Arcadia was installed as President of the San Marino League.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29889
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Grund, Penny
San Marino League
Non-profit organizations
Item ID
30075AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A child molester living in Monrovia has returned to Nevada after daily demonstrations and picketing outside the residence.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27694
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime
Protests
Demonstrations
Item ID
27891AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Santa Anita Park's iconic shoeshine attendant since opening day, December 25, 1934, Eddie Logan, has died. He was a former boxer and Negro League baseball player. He called himself a "footman" and worked at Santa Anita Park for almost 75 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31616
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. 1, 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. 1, 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Logan, Eddie - biography (1910-2009)
Item ID
31813AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35297
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The arraignment of Gerardo Cortez, of Monrovia, has been postponed to October 25, 2013. He allegedly made a series of telephone threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations, including a shopping mall, a medical center, and several schools, including Arcadia High School. The caller said he had an AK-47 gun and threatened to shoot people. The joint police forces from Arcadia, Covina and Monrovia, the FBI, and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs had investigated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33634
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
33829AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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