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23 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma was ambushed and stabbed to death October 13 in the exercise yard of San Quentin State Prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced him to die for killing two children and their mother in El Monte in 1995.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Palma, Jimmy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11720AN
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Two men, including 22 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma, were convicted of five counts of first-degree murder for shooting three adults and two children last year in El Monte.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
7977AN
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Jimmy Palma, 22, of Arcadia received a death-penalty recommendation for the April 22, 1995 massacre of five people in El Monte. A final decision on the matter will be announced by the presiding judge on February 19, 1997.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
8087AN
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Obituary/death notice. Two Arcadia men die in truck crash.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29003
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1992
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1992
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wicker, Ricky Dean
Brown, David Joseph
Item ID
29190AN
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Three men with handguns robbed the Mandarin Chef restaurant of about $1000 at 10:20 PM Sunday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4625
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
4501AN
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Obituary / death notice. The victim was killed in a gang attack.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1992
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1992
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Flores, Michael
Item ID
29281AN
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Police arrested two men and are seeking two others in connection with a stabbing that occurred at the height of the holiday shopping season at the Santa Anita Fashion Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11526
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11724AN
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Three Vietnamese men were arrested after the second reported shooting incident at the Rhythm Karaoke Club on the 100 block of South 1st Street.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 26, 1993
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p. A-1
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Star Tribune
Date
January 26, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Karaoke clubs
Item ID
271AN
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Convicted rapist Steven Wu, the Arcadia deacon who drugged his two sisters-in-law and videotaped himself sexually assaulting them, was sentenced to 79 years in prison Friday.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Wu, Steven
Item ID
1398AN
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Two men suspected of robbing a Downey Savings branch at 1101 West Huntington Drive were arrested minutes later by Arcadia police.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
16605AN
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Matthew Jacobus was stabbed once in the back following a minor car accident on Huntington Drive near Santa Clara. One of three men in the other car approached Jacobus after sideswiping his car and stabbed him.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8124
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Jacobus, Matthew
Item ID
8079AN
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Gang-related violence has jumped significantly in the past four months.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gang activity
Item ID
55AN
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Obituary notice. See also Pasadena Star News, August 23, 1995 p. A4

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Williams, Charles Clifford
Item ID
4700AN
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Richard Lanill Johnson was convicted in 1976 of murdering Cathy LaCorte of Arcadia. His next parole hearing is set for October, 1996.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6709
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Crime and Criminals
Johnson, Richard Lanill
Item ID
6518AN
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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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3 men were arrested for manufacturing pipe bombs in an Arcadia home in the 100 block of San Miguel Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper148
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 1993
Pages
p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 1993
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
148AN
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Law enforcement officials said the number of bank robberies in Arcadia has tripled since last year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1400AN
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Longtime Arcadia resident and two-term board member Frank McCormack has been elected Chairman of the Board for Methodist Hospital for 1995.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
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p. 15 photo
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Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
Pages
p. 15 photo
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
McCormack, Frank
Item ID
4379AN
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A 20-year-old Arcadia resident charged with murdering his father remained in custody. The son is charged with the strangulation death of 48-year-old Wenda Peter Liu in their Longden Avenue home.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Item ID
4784AN
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James Jason Stathum was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the videotaped fatal shooting of Arcadia resident Munther Farah Gharib. At the time of the shooting, Gharib was working in a La Puente convenience store.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Gahrib, Munther Farah
Crime and Criminals
Stathum, James Jason
Item ID
6512AN
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