Skip header and navigation
Arcadia History Collection
  Revise Search

20 records – page 1 of 1.

A judge sentences two men to die by lethal injection for murdering two children and three adults in a 1995 attack that prosecutors said was ordered by the Mexican Mafia prison gang. One of the defendants was Jimmy Palma, 23, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9926
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
9883AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8017
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
7977AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8132
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
8087AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32002AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Isaac John Campbell, 33, pleaded not guilty to murdering his former girlfriend, Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can at his friend's home in Arcadia. Campbell will return to Alhambra Superior Court on June 19 for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30996
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31191AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

80-year old Arcadian Dolores Munoz has been named Mexican mother of the year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19146
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Weekly Section
Date
May 12, 2000
Pages
p. 1
More detail
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Weekly Section
Date
May 12, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Munoz, Dolores
Item ID
19387AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Pasadena Superior Court. He allegedly confessed to his ex-wife that he shot 25-year old Justo Cesar Morales to death at his parents' Canyon Road home in Northern Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30978
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Item ID
31173AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Thomas L. Willhite, 50, of Arcadia to the State Court of Appeal for the Second District. Willhite has also been a Superior Court judge and a Los Angeles Municipal Court judge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29401
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2005
Pages
p. A2
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Willhite, Thomas L.
Judges
State Court of Appeal
Superior Court
Item ID
29585AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

John Anderson, 52, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court to a probation violation related to a 2005 conviction for prowling, peeking, and trespassing in Arcadia. He allegedly shot a veteran Monrovia police sergeant too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30972
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Anderson, John
Crime and Criminals
Sex offenders
Shootings
Item ID
31167AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Peter Phoenix, 27, of Rosemead, was found guilty of four of seven counts of "distraction burglaries" targeting seniors in the San Gabriel Valley. His sentence is 144 years in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30130
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Phoenix, Peter
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30317AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

The body of Liya Lu, a 31-year-old woman, was found in a back yard on Baldwin Avenue. Her American name is "Jessie". She was last seen on August 11. See also 30907AN.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30717
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Alhambra Superior Court Judge Alice Hill found "sufficient cause" to hold Isaac Campbell, 34, to be tried for the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu. He will be arraigned May 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31446
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Hill, Alice
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31639AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1399
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
More detail
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Wu, Steven
Item ID
1398AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

70-year-old Mulji Patel of Arcadia was sentenced to 12 years in prison for hitting a workers' compensation attorney in the head with a hammer. The assault happened on January 31, 2006. Erwin A. Nepomuceno was the victim.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2009
Pages
p. A8
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Assault
Crime and Criminals
Nepomuceno, Erwin
Patel, Mulji
Item ID
31662AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Former Arcadia High School teacher Phillip Morgan Sutliff pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes against a former student, accepting a plea bargain of 12 years and eight months in state prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30646
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip Morgan
Item ID
30835AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30240
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Russo, Richard Robert
Suicide
Item ID
30427AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Arcadia police arrested two Arcadia High School students 16, and 15, in connection with a December 11 racial incident in which a cross was burned and anti-Asian epithets were scrawled on the front yard of a home in the 200 block of Arbolada Drive. The two boys were booked for damaging property based on ethnic origin and were released to the custody of their parents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1396
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
More detail
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1395AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

A rugged, two-tier rock drinking fountain, family-built and designed, now sits in a palm-shaded grove at the Arboretum. It is a tribute to retired Pasadena Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Sprankle.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4590
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995 p. A-3 photo
July 13, 1995 Hometown p. 1 photo
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995 p. A-3 photo
July 13, 1995 Hometown p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
4466AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Former Arcadia High School English teacher Phillip Morgan Sutliff was sentenced, under a plea bargain, to 12 years and 8 months in state prison for sex crimes against a female student. See also 30835AN.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30764
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 8
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip Morgan
Item ID
30952AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

The State Supreme Court ended a three-year battle between El Monte and Arcadia, dismissing a lawsuit filed against Arcadia for approving a proposed landfill along El Monte's border. Rodeffer Industries, Inc. must still get approval from several state and regional agencies before proceeding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10077
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Actions and Defenses
Rodeffer Landfill
Item ID
10031AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

20 records – page 1 of 1.