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In 1934, William F. Gettle was kidnapped from his Arcadia home and held for ransom. Larry Kerrigan, Jimmy Kirk and Roy Williams received life sentences for the crime.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1941
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1941
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Gettle, William F.
Kerrigan, Larry
Kirk, Jimmy
Williams, Roy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
6519AN
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Obituary/death notice. Two Arcadia men die in truck crash.

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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
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p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wicker, Ricky Dean
Brown, David Joseph
Item ID
29190AN
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Three Chinese males arrested in Arcadia for attempted burglary are suspected of belonging to an Asian gang.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1393AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Whiting.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1945
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1945
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Whiting, son
Item ID
7702AN
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Brian Snoke, sentenced to life in prison for three murders, claims he was a victim of child abuse.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - Snoke, Brian
Item ID
1386AN
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Obituary / death notice. The victim was killed in a gang attack.

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Newspaper
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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A nationwide forgery scheme uncovered by the Arcadia Police Department has resulted in the arrest of three men at the Santa Anita Avenue branch of the Bank of America.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 11, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 11, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1361AN
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Two young men from Arcadia, Clyde Dietrich and George R. Summers, were among hundreds of American soldiers interned in a Japanese prison camp.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Dietrich, Clyde
Summers, George R.
Item ID
6516AN
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Two men escaped with $3,300 in cash after robbing In-and-Out Burger at Santa Anita Avenue & Colorado.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1368AN
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Slavick's Jewelry Store in Santa Anita Fashion Park was robbed of $8000 in watches by two armed men.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 3, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 3, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1384AN
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Police arrested two men who allegedly bilked five people of $20 to $100 with a phony bail scheme.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1391AN
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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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Arcadia Police, alerted that a home was being burglarized, wound up confiscating 23 kilos of cocaine valued at $500.000 and arresting two men on suspicion of drug trafficking.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1478
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1477AN
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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
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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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Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1389AN
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In the wake of the Wednesday morning arrest of two Arcadia High School students for dealing in drugs, police Chief Charles Mitchell said action was part of a three-pronged program. Further explained in article.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1469AN
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Mary Harvey was presented with a Certificate of Honor by the Board of Education for her volunteer work in the English as a second language program at First Avenue. An Arcadia resident since her childhood, Harvey attended First Avenue, taught there and had two of her three children graduate from there.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2920
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Harvey, Mary
Item ID
2847AN
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A group of Arcadia men who refer to themselves as the Over the Hill Gang take an annual backpacking trip into the Sierras. The actual participants vary from year to year. This year's trip was a six day, 35 mile hike.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Hiking
Item ID
1699AN
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1400AN
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Arcadia Police confiscated $30,000 worth of marijuana and arrested 4 men in a sting operation at Arcadia's Embassy Suites Hotel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1376
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1375AN
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