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A family in the 700 block of North First Avenue fought off a pair of burglars who broke into their home early Sunday morning and tried to rob them by gunpoint.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1998
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p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
12249AN
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At least 40 officers from five different agencies joined a massive search Thursday for a man suspected of robbing the California State Bank in Arcadia. Roosevelt Davis, 25, was arrested in an Arcadia neighborhood after the search.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 1998
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p. A1
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Crime and Criminals
Item ID
12460AN
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Monrovia woman, 35, killed in eastbound 210 Freeway shooting, is identified as Bertha Hernandez. A car-to-car shooting occurred and calls to the CHP came in 9:06 AM on Saturday, September 4, 2021, and a solo vehicle crash involving a black Mercedes-Benz at the Baldwin Avenue off-ramp.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
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p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Shootings
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Arcadia woman Ruixue "Serena" Shi, 37, pleaded guilty to soliciting $22.8 million in funds for a condominium and hotel project scheme. The crime is one federal count of wire fraud, which has a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, 7, October 28, 2021.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2021
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2021
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p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
Wire fraud
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Sidney Terrance Johnson of Los Angeles arrested for the freeway shooting death of 35-year-old Bertha Hernandez of Monrovia, on the 210 Freeway in Arcadia, which occurred on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Johnson has been charged with murder.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
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p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Johnson, Sidney Terrance
Shootings
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Food company executives Feng Wu Lam, who owns South El Monte based Golden Food, Inc. and her husband Wei Wen Wu, the company's manager, face insurance fraud, wage theft charges. They are accused of underreporting their payroll to workers' compensation insurance carriers by about $4.5 million between 2015 and 2019. They are both Arcadia residents.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
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p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
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p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Insurance fraud
Lam, Feng Wu
Wage theft
Workers' compensation insurance
Wu, Wei Wen
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Robbers tie up couple inside home in a gated area of Arcadia, steal their Tesla. The robbers abandoned the Tesla in East Pasadena. The robbery occurred in the 700 block of Carriage House Lane around 10:30 PM on April 16.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2022
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p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robberies
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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
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Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
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
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p. A3
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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
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p. A1, A4
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Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Manley, Kevin
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Monrovia man Yi Chen gets 4 years in prison for fraud in a student visa scheme to get Chinese immigrants into the U.S. unlawfully. From June 2015-February 2021, Chen was the CEO and owner of two so-called educational consulting companies in Alhambra and Arcadia that charged foreign students thousands of dollars for "guaranteed" admission to a college that would lead to the issuance of an F-1 student visa. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, October 6, 2022.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2022
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p. A3
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Chen, Yi "Brian"
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
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A woman shot to death, on 210 Freeway in Arcadia, was the target, CHP says. 35-year-old Bertha Hernandez was shot and killed on September 4, 2021. The suspected shooter, Sidney Terrance Johnson, is Hernandez's ex-boyfriend.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2022
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p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Johnson, Sidney Terrance
Shootings
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Former Arcadia man accused of lying, losing millions of investors' money. James Arthur McDonald, Jr. former CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Hercules Investments LLC and Index Strategy Advisors Inc. was charged with one count of securities fraud. Prosecutors claim McDonald lost clients of his Los Angeles-based firm Hercules millions of dollars in late 2020. He had been renting a home in Arcadia.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
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p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
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p. A8
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Crime and Criminals
Fraud
McDonald, James Arthur
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Woman gets 20 years in prison for bilking investors. Ruixue "Serena" Shi, 38, of Arcadia, bilked investors in a Southern California hotel and condominium project of at least $26 million. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 8, 14, November 24, 2022.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2022
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2022
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p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
Global House Buyer
Hyde Morgan Development, LLC
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
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Driver is arrested after 7-Eleven rammed. Monrovia man Sterling Williamson, 23, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he created a disturbance at a 7-Eleven store at 1003 South Baldwin Avenue on November 24, 2022, then allegedly crashed his car through the doors and tried to flee. There were no injuries.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
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p. A3
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Arrests
Convenience stores
Crime and Criminals
7-Eleven
Williamson, Sterling
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Monterey Park shooting aftermath. Ex-tenant: Attack suspect hated his dance instructors. Huu Can Tran harbored a deep hatred for fellow instructors at Star Dance Studio where he killed 11 patrons and wounded 9 others on Saturday, January 21, the Lunar New Year eve. Tran's tenant, a man who formerly rented a small home from the gunman said Tran distrusted people and could become very angry. At one time, Tran had lived in an apartment in Arcadia. The former tenant describes other aspects of Tran's personality.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2023
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p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2023
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p. A10
Subjects
Chinese New Year
Crime and Criminals
Gun violence
Holidays
Lunar New Year
Monterey Park, California
Shootings
Tran, Huu Can
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El Monte man pleads guilty to killing boss in office. Zhong Qi Chen, 63, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his boss Yining Xie, 58, of Arcadia, at a newspaper office in Alhambra in 2018, at The China Press, 2121 W. Mission Road, Alhambra, CA.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2023
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p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2023
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p. A8
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Chen, Zhong Qi
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Xie, Yining
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Arcadia couple accused of 60 Freeway hit-and-run that killed girl. CHP alleged 39-year-old Priscilla Cornejo was driving the wrong way when she crashed into the victims' car. Angelique Zarate died as a result. Johnathon Cornejo, 33, was charged with murder and being an accessory after the fact.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2023
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2023
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p. A7
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Cornejo, Johnathon
Cornejo, Priscilla
Crime and Criminals
Zarate, Angelique
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El Monte man gets 21 years for killing boss at newspaper's office. Zhong Qi Chen, 64, of El Monte, was sentenced. He pleaded guilty in March to the voluntary manslaughter of Yining Xie, of Arcadia, at The China Press in Alhambra at 2121 W. Mission Road, Alhambra, CA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36475
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2023
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2023
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p. A3
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Chen, Zhong Qi
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Xie, Yining
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A 38-year-old Los Angeles man, accused of setting four arson fires in Arcadia and of carjacking a woman trying to move her car away from one of the fires, is arrested. The first fire was in a rear corridor on the second floor of The Shops at Santa Anita mall, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue at 11:40 A.M. on Friday. The other three fires were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36496
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
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p. A4
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Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
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