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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Ex-boyfriend of Arcadia woman charged with kidnapping. The ex-boyfriend's name is Robert Michael Mendez, age 27. The woman was hospitalized. Doorbell camera footage showed a man dragging a woman.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Robert Michael Mendez was arrested for attempted murder and kidnapping of his estranged girlfriend, on the 1500 block of South Santa Anita Avenue, near Camino Real Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Newspaper Index
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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
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Ankine
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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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
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Newspaper Index
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The trial of Isaac Campbell, a San Gabriel man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu and stuffing her body in a trash can at his friend Michael Darby's home in Arcadia, has begun at Alhambra Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32653
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Darby, Michael
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Trials
Item ID
32850AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
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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
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Newspaper Index
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State Senator Bob Margett is coordinating with local Arcadia businesses to collect used cellular phones in support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24652
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Margett, Bob (Senator)
Cellular phones
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Item ID
24842AN
Collection
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Ex-Muir High School teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, will be tried for murdering his his ex-wife's boyfriend Justo Cesar Morales. He pleaded not guilty. Ex-wife Tania Landreth claimed he had confessed to killing Morales

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Trials
Item ID
31552AN
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Deyun Shi of San Gabriel, pleads not guilty in attack on his wife in La Canada Flintridge and in the beating deaths of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, in Arcadia. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 15, May 19, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34566
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Huang, Vickey
Lin, Anthony
Lin, David
Lin, William
Lin, Yujing
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34758AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Brian Lawrence Snoke pleads innocent in the triple murder of Scott Edward Hutson, Robert Mark Green and Christina Rae Young.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27953
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1986
Pages
p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1986
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and criminals - murder
Snoke, Brian Lawrence
Hutson, Scott Edward
Green, Robert Mark
Young, Christina Rae
Item ID
28148AN
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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
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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
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Richard Robert Russo pleads not guilty to charges of murder and child abuse and the judge denies his motion for bail. He is accused of shooting his wife Carmen.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert ("Rick")
Shapiro, Robert
Arraignments
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Item ID
29859AN
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Newspaper Index
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Juan Martin Aponte pleads no contest to five felony charges in the secret-videotaping case. He will be sentenced to five years in prison.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News A1,6
Date
July 13, 2004
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Pasadena Star News A1,6
Date
July 13, 2004
Subjects
Aponte, Juan Martin
Hooters Restaurant - West Covina
Sex crimes
Item ID
28950AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jonathan Robert Poyner, 20, of Glendora, pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of child molestation, alleged by children he worked with at Rio Hondo Prep School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arraignments
Child molestation
Crime and Criminals
Poyner, Jonathan Robert
Rio Hondo Preparatory School
Item ID
30028AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ex-mayors Bob Margett and Dennis Lojeski won the race for two City Council seats, beating out newcomers Patrick Gibson and James Brewer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper322
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1992
City Council - 1990 - 1999 - Margett, Bob
City Council - 1990 - 1999 - Lojeske, Dennis
Item ID
322AN
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2023
Pages
p. A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2023
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Chinese New Year
Crime and Criminals
Gun violence
Holidays
Lunar New Year
Monterey Park, California
Shootings
Tran, Huu Can
Collection
Newspaper Index
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