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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1399
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ex-supervisor convicted of raping mall workers.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A11
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Cervantes, Diego Briones
Crime and Criminals
Interstate Cleaning Corporation
Sexual assaults
Item ID
35603AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Police Department is turning to the public for assistance with the homicide investigation of Mr. Shao-wu Yen, who was struck and killed one year ago by a small pickup while waiting to cross the street at the intersection of Holly and Fairview Avenues.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
March 16, 1995
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Yen, Shao-wu
Item ID
4378AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 21-year-old woman was the third person raped at gunpoint this year, and police suspect that they may be by the same person. All three women were accosted by an African American man in his 20's or 30's wearing a black cap. They were accosted in the early morning with a gun while alone in their cars.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals - Rape
Item ID
4384AN
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Arcadia kidnapping, rape suspect Philippe Brian Lutete, 29, is charged with false imprisonment and sexual battery of a woman on November 26 in the 2900 block of Spruce Court. He was out on bail when he was also arrested on April 8, 2015 on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a woman over an 11-hour period.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34150
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lutete, Philippe Brian
Item ID
34344AN
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Newspaper Index
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Recipients of the 1993 Honorary Service Awards for outstanding service to the youth of Arcadia include George Stapleton, Scott Sullivan, Grace Wu, Phil Leathery and Linda Woodruff. All are profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper219
Newspaper
Star-Tribune
Date
March 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Star-Tribune
Date
March 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Honorary Service Awards
Leathery, Phil
Stapleton, George
Sullivan, Scott
Woodruff, Linda
Wu, Grace
Item ID
219AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Four Chinese nationals were arrested on federal and state charges for their alleged involvement in brothels in Monterey Park and San Gabriel. Jian "David" Guo, 42, of Arcadia, Huagui "Candy" Lotto, 53, of Rowland Heights, Lotto's husband Phillip Fu, 47, of Rowland Heights, and Yibin Zhang, 45, of Monterey Park, were arrested. If convicted of the state charges, the maximum sentence would be 7 years and 4 months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32136
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Brothels
Crime and Criminals
Guo, Jian "David"
Prostitution
Item ID
32333AN
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Arcadia Qixuan Wu graduates from the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, CA.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2013
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2013
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Wu, Qixuan
Item ID
33727AN
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Police missed capturing by seconds a gun-toting robber who walked into Foothill Federal Credit Union at 133 E. Duarte Rd. and demanded money.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10823
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1997
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1997
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11195AN
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Joshua Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, was allegedly found with a bomb after visiting Foothills Middle School on January 14, 2011. He will face four felony counts of possession of a destructive or explosive device. He is being held at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, and due back at Pasadena Superior Court on June 15 to enter a plea. If convicted of all four felony counts, he could face up to 19 years in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua
Item ID
32503AN
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Registered sex offender Jaime Elvis Elizondo, who was convicted of assaulting a 5-year-old girl inside an Arcadia bookstore in 2008 and sent to prison in September, was beaten to death in his cell at High Desert State Prison. Prime suspect is Elizondo's cellmate Steven Cisneros.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32284
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Elizondo, Jaime Elvis
Sex offenders
Item ID
32483AN
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Erica Wu's parents are ready to cheer for their daughter, competing in table tennis in the summer Olympics in London, UK, on August 3. Wu, 16, was born and raised in Arcadia and attends Westridge School in Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33113
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Olympians
Olympic Games--Summer 2012--London, UK
Pao, Johan
Ping pong
Table tennis
Wu, Erica
Wu, Peter
Item ID
33310AN
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Christopher McCoy of Sierra Madre has been booked on charges that he telephoned threats that Anthrax would be released via bomb at the Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16254
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
January 28, 1999
Pages
p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 28, 1999
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Crime & criminals
Item ID
17033AN
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Erica Wu, 15 of Arcadia, is going to London for the Summer Olympics to compete in table tennis. Photos.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. 13
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Mountain Views News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Olympic Games--London, UK--Summer 2012
Pao, Johan
Ping pong
Sports
Table tennis
Wu, Erica
Wu, Sheng Cheng
Item ID
33189AN
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Gregory Ramos, 18, of Downey was discovered unconscious in a jail cell at the Arcadia City Jail. A routine jail check revealed that Ramos had used his jail linen to fashion a noose in an attempt to strangle himself.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Crime and Punishment
Police
Item ID
6409AN
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Business Spotlight on Douglas Wu of Fortune Time Development and their new mixed-use project under construction at 57 Wheeler Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Business and Industry
Fortune Time Development
Wu, Douglas
Item ID
35340AN
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Rape suspect Arcadia man Philippe Lutete, 30, not mentally competent to stand trial. He will be taken to Patton State Hospital for treatment. Once he is deemed competent, the criminal case against him will proceed.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2016
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2016
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lutete, Philippe Brian
Rape
Sexual assault
Item ID
34698AN
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Newspaper Index
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After competing in the Olympics in London, 16-year-old table tennis star, Erica Wu, an Arcadia resident, returns to Westridge School to start her junior year.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2012
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2012
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Olympians
Olympic Games--Summer 2012
Wu, Erica
Item ID
33340AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Lanill Johnson was convicted in 1976 of murdering Cathy LaCorte of Arcadia. His next parole hearing is set for October, 1996.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Crime and Criminals
Johnson, Richard Lanill
Item ID
6518AN
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Caltech graduate Tyler Johnson, who had been identified as a suspect in the firebombing and vandalism of more than 130 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) at automobile dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003, has died in an avalanche while hiking in the Corsian mountains in France on December 26, 2009. Johnson has been a fugitive for the past six years. Surveillance cameras captured Johnson and William ("Billy") Cottrell spray painting environmental slogans on the cars at Rusnak Mercedes Benz in Arcadia in 2003. Cottrell was convicted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Johnson, Tyler
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Item ID
32089AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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