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The husband and wife suspected of enslaving and torturing a 20-year old woman from mainland China allegedly kept a second slave and may have imported as many as a half dozen people into the United States. Dianji Zhai and Hua Jiang of Arcadia have been arrested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9558
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9513AN
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Bail was set at $1 million for Arcadian Hua Jiang, charged with enslaving a 20-year old woman from China. Her husband and co-defendant, Dianyi Zhai, will remain in custody without bail for several additional charges.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9564
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9519AN
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Two men arrested on suspicion of residential burglary and assault with a deadly weapon in the 200 block of East Colorado Blvd. The suspects were Kevin Gerald Kelly, 57, of Hollywood and Floyd Edward Broadnax, 52, of Long Beach.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34200
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Burglary
Crime and Criminals
Broadnax, Floyd Edward
Kelly, Kevin Gerald
Item ID
34394AN
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Police have arrested nine people who are believed to be members of a San Gabriel Valley Asian gang that has been under investigation in recent months for terrorizing local Asian youths. Four adults and five juveniles were taken into custody after police linked them with a February 15 kidnapping, attempted extortion and assault.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1397
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs see also Gang Activity
Item ID
1396AN
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Five members of the Slavin family were booked on November 12, 1976 on charges of false imprisonment and kidnapping.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3349
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 4, 1976
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 4, 1976
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Slavin, Madonna
Item ID
3243AN
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Two passengers hurt in bus stabbing inside a Foothill Transit bus on October 31, shortly after 6:00 PM. The bus was on Live Oak Avenue, west of Myrtle Avenue, in unincorporated county area near Arcadia. Nicholas Patito, 51, a transient, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The two sounded male passengers, age 54 and age 24, have non-life threatening injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33667
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2013
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Foothill Transit
Patito, Nicholas
Item ID
33863AN
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Juan L. Lorenzo, 31, of San Gabriel, was charged with one count of murder and one count of assault with deadly weapon in connection with fatal stabbing of Anthony Berry, 18, of Pomona, in the 1300 block of S. Golden West Avenue. Jose Cruz Ramirez of San Gabriel was initially also arrested, but was released. Lorenzo and Ramirez work at Money Pot Shabu Shabu restaurant and became involved in an argument with Berry. Lorenzo will be arraigned January 5, 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32689
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 23, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 23, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Berry, Anthony
Crime and Criminals
Lorenzo, Juan L.
Murder
Ramirez, Jose Cruz
Item ID
32886AN
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29-year-old man Philippe Brian Lutete, is charged with kidnapping and raping of two women at his house in unincorporated Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34149
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lutete, Philippe Brian
Item ID
34343AN
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The California Second District Court of Appeals rejected Mulji Patel's claim that the restitution awarded to Erwin Nepomuceno for $20,250 in lost earnings was excessive. Patel was convicted in March 2009 on two counts of assaults with a deadly weapon for the January 31, 2006 attack on Nepomuceno, a workers' compensation attorney. Patel was a Rockwell International employee and a jury found him sane at the time. Patel was sentenced in May 2009 to 12 years in state prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32229
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Assault
Crime and Criminals
Nepomuceno, Erwin
Patel, Mulji
Item ID
32428AN
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Los Angeles County Court official says zero-bail policy working as intended. Risk is deciding factor in determining if suspect is released without payment. Zero bail eliminates the financial requirements for release from all but the most serious offenses prior to arraignment. Police will instead cite and release, or book and release, suspects for a majority of misdemeanors and some felonies. Serious and violent crimes (such as killing, kidnap, robbery, assault with deadly weapon), are not eligible and still retain previous bail amounts. More than a dozen LA County cities have joined a lawsuit attempting to reverse the policy. Attorneys for the cities, include Whittier, Downey, Beverly Hills, and Arcadia, argue the Superior Courts have balanced the system too heavily in favor of offenders, so much that "victims and public safety are given a zero value."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36560
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
Bail
Crime and Criminals
Criminal justice
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A 20-year old baby sitter from mainland China testified about the events she said led to her enslavement by Arcadia couple Dianyi Zhia and Hua Jiang. See also Pasadena Star News, July 23, 1997, p. A1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1997
Pages
P. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1997
Pages
P. A1
Subjects
Zhai, Dianyi
Jiang, Hua
Item ID
10042AN
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Police arrested eleven Asian-American high school students, nine of whom were Arcadia High School students, after a 2-month investigation of extortion and terrorist threats by suspected gang members against junior high school students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper277
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
February 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Star Tribune
Date
February 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gang activity
Item ID
277AN
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Dale Paul Raine, 30, received the Mayor's Certificate of Commendation for helping to stop the attempted kidnapping of two 16-year-old girls near his home on Golden West Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4094
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
3970AN
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A boy, 14, was attacked in a kidnapping attempt and robbery in the boy's house.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24829
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec. 20, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec. 20, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Crime
Robbery
Kidnapping
Item ID
25024AN
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Man charged with kidnapping, beating ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. Robert Michael Mendez faces one count each of kidnapping and criminal threats and three counts of injuring a girlfriend or child's parent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35573
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
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26-year-old Arcadia man Lucas Naccarati still shaken by deadly toll and tried to help people around him at a Travis Scott concert in Houston, TX where people were trampled to death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36099
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Concerts
Deaths
Naccarati, Lucas
Scott, Travis (musician)
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The 2001 murder of grocer Adel Karas, a 48-year old Egyptian man from Arcadia, a few days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, was initially thought to have been a hate crime. He was shot at his store International Market at 1381 E. Last Tunas in San Gabriel. Now police suspect Adel Karas was the victim of extortion. The suspects are two Latinos in their mid-20s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32176
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Karas, Adel
Murder
Item ID
32375AN
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The parents of Madonna Slavin must appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on November 1 to answer the charges of kidnapping their 20 year old daughter from the Hare Krishna sect and forcibly "deprogramming" her.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3347
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Slavin, Madonna
Item ID
3241AN
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Arcadia kidnapping, rape suspect Philippe Brian Lutete, 29, is charged with false imprisonment and sexual battery of a woman on November 26 in the 2900 block of Spruce Court. He was out on bail when he was also arrested on April 8, 2015 on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a woman over an 11-hour period.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34150
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lutete, Philippe Brian
Item ID
34344AN
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A 21-year-old woman was the third person raped at gunpoint this year, and police suspect that they may be by the same person. All three women were accosted by an African American man in his 20's or 30's wearing a black cap. They were accosted in the early morning with a gun while alone in their cars.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals - Rape
Item ID
4384AN
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