Skip header and navigation
Arcadia History Collection
  Revise Search

20 records – page 1 of 1.

LASD Homicide Assisting Arcadia Police Department With Murder Suicide Investigation. Husband, a 75-year-old and wife, a 68-years-old, are described as Asian and found dead in their home on the 500 block of Los Altos in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35816
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
More detail
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Murder-suicide
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

A San Bernardino teen is arrested following crash. Arcadia police find the fatal hit-and-run suspect, a 17-year old boy, hiding in the bushes after pedestrian, a 28-year-old man, is killed crossing Huntington Drive. The suspect drove a gray Dodge Charger, which was found in the 1200 block of Oakhaven Road, with front end damage and a broken windshield.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36503
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
Pages
p. A6
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Fatalities
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36294
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Arcadia Police Department S.W.A.T. Team busted a marijuana cultivation operation in the 300 block of Walnut Avenue. Three suspects, Xiaoshen Zhang, Te Zhang and Peng Song were arrested. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, January 23, 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35639
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 18, 2020
Pages
p. 1
More detail
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 18, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Cannabis
Marijuana
Song, Peng
Zhang, Te
Zhang, Xiaoshen
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Husband shot wife and himself. Deaths of Arcadia couple--Paul Thornton, 58, and his wife Maria Lockwood, 54--ruled murder-suicide. He died of a gunshot wound to the head and she died of a gunshot wound to the chest. They had been married a little over a year. They lived in the block of 600 West Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36056
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2021
Pages
p. A3
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Deaths
Lockwood, Maria
Murder-suicide
Shootings
Thornton, Paul
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Murder trial. Deyun Shi, man accused of revenge on family. The prosecutor said Shi, a Chinese citizen, had plan to flee to Hong Kong after killing his 2 teenage nephews in Arcadia and an attack against his wife. Shi faces life in prison without parole if convicted in the January 22, 2016 killings of 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin, and of injuring his wife the day before. The boys were bludgeoned to death in their home in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36642
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Amy
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Tranquility of Arcadia disrupted by barricaded gunman. Arcadia Police officer and two civilians wounded when police responded to a domestic violence call in the 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue in Arcadia. The suspect Nurhan Venk, 47, allegedly shot the Arcadia police officer in the face, allegedly shot his 73-year-old mother Ankine Venk. A stray bullet hit an 83-year-old man across the street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36308
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
Pages
p. 1
More detail
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Ankine
Venk, Nurhan
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Flash-mob robbers target Macy's at The Shops at Santa Anita, the mall in Arcadia. At least 5 people with large bags ransacked a macy's store on Tuesday during a flash-mob robbery. Arcadia Police Department responded to the mall at 400 block of Baldwin Avenue at 1:10 P.M. They stole various boxed sets of perfume, ran, and drove away in a black 4-door sedan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36528
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2023
Pages
p. A3
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Macy's Department Store
Robberies
Shops at Santa Anita
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36313
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Manley, Kevin
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36465
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2023
Pages
p. A7
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2023
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Cornejo, Johnathon
Cornejo, Priscilla
Crime and Criminals
Zarate, Angelique
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Nurhan Venk, 47, suspect in the shooting of Arcadia police officer, charged with attempted murder for shooting the officer in the face. He faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly shooting his 73-year-old mother in the chest. Zoo Yang, an 83-year-old neighbor across the street was also struck by a stray bullet while he was watching his grandchild.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36302
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 8
More detail
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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
More detail
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Hunt continues for gunman in Arcadia car-to-car shooting on the 210 Freeway near Baldwin Avenue which left a woman named Betty Hernandez, 36, of Monrovia, dead. This shut down the freeway for several hours on September 4. On September 5, two people were found dead, in the block of 600 West Huntington Drive, an apparent murder-suicide. Both victims were in their 50s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36048
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. 13
More detail
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Crimes and criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Hernandez, Betty
Murder-suicide
Shootings
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

David Wei Lin, father of slain teens William Lin and Anthony Lin, testifies emotionally at brother-in-law Deyun Shi's murder trial. Anthony and William were beaten to death by a bolt cutter in their Arcadia home in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Arcadia. Deyun Shi is the uncle of the two boys and stands trial for their murders and for injuring his wife Amy Lin with a maul.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36643
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Amy
Lin, Anthony
Lin, David Wei
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36349
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2022
Pages
p. A3
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Johnson, Sidney Terrance
Shootings
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Arboretum CEO touted for work leaving in spring. Richard Schulhof, CEO for 14 years at Los Angeles County Arboretum is retiring. He is 65 years old.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36431
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A7
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Schulhof, Richard
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Judge found that a man was sane at the time of the bludgeoning deaths of his then-estranged wife's two teenage nephews in the boys' Arcadia home. Deyun Shi is on trial for the murders of 15-year-old Anthony Lin, who was asleep when attacked with bolt cutters, and 16-year-old brother William Lin, who was killed while studying in a separate room, on January 22, 2016. Shi was found giulty on two counts of first-degree murder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36650
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

Indictment implicates Baldwin Park's ex-city attorney Robert Tafoya in $70,000 bribery scheme to help secure cannabis permit from a vote by Councilman Ricardo Pacheco. Special agents with the FBI and IRS arrested former Compton Councilmember Isaac Galvan, 36, and another person, a 50-year-old Arcadia resident, who is the owner and operator of a cannabis grower that obtained a permit in Baldwin Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36548
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
More detail
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bribery
Baldwin Park, California
Cannabis
Crime and Criminals
Tafoya, Robert
Collection
Newspaper Index
Less detail

20 records – page 1 of 1.