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James Allen Beck, a former Arcadia police officer, was killed in an August 31 shoot-out and fire with sheriff deputies and federal agents. Now the coroner says the sheriff deputies disturbed the crime scene and he is unable to determine whether or not Beck had been shot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22670
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2002
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2002
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Beck, James Allen
Item ID
22882AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department confirms that James Allen Beck was a former police officer with the City of Arcadia. He is a suspect named as responsible in the death of Deputy Jake Kuredjian of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30088
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Beck, James Allen
Kuredjian, Jake
Shootings
Item ID
30275AN
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The family of sheriff's Deputy Hagop "Jake" Kuredjian settled a wrongful-death suit against former Arcadia police officer James Allen Beck who shot Kuredjian while he was helping serve a search warrant.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2003
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2003
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Kuredjian, Hagop "Jake"
Beck, James Allen
Wrongful-death Lawsuit
Item ID
25828AN
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Profile of James Beck, ex-Arcadia police officer turned cop killer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21644
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2001
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2001
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Crime & criminals
Beck, James
Item ID
21865AN
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Arcadia Police close 13 maternity homes in a crackdown months after a full-time detective was assigned to address calls about pregnant Asian women living in groups at residences around the city. The pregnant Asian women come to the U.S. so their babies receive U.S. citizenship. Detective James Trabbie became the quality-of-life detective.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33614
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Trabbie, James
Zoning
Item ID
33809AN
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Five running for three Arcadia City Council seats. The five are Tom Beck, a retired Pasadena attorney, Sho Tay, a retired businessman, Roger Chandler, a former Arcadia City Councilman, Paul Van Fleet, an insurance agent, and Burton L. Brink, a sergeant in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Crescenta Valley Station. The completely mail-in ballot election will be on April 8. See hard copy in VF City Council Elections (2014).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33772
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections (2014)
Beck, Tom
Brink, Burton L.
Chandler, Roger
Tay, Sho
Van Fleet, Paul
Item ID
33967AN
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In a letter sent to Mayor Tom Beck, the HQH Chinese American Equalization Association demands district voting in Arcadia. The association claims at-large system dilutes influence. According to 2010 U.S. Census, Asians represent 60% of the city's population of 56,364 and about 46% of its registered voters. The letter points out that no more than 2 Asian Americans have served on Arcadia City Council at the same time. Beck said Arcadia doesn't have the problem of Asians being underrepresented.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34702
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 31, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 31, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Asian Americans
Beck, Tom
Elections
HQH Chinese American Equalization Association
Item ID
34894AN
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Mayor Tom Beck plans for Arcadia's future. Newly appointed mayor Tom Beck biography and issues. See hard copy in VF City Council (2010-2019).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34558
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Beck, Tom
Mayors
Item ID
34750AN
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Newspaper Index
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Peter Amundson selected as mayor and Sho Tay is new mayor pro tem. Mayor Tom Beck had finished up his one year term.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34859
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Amundson, Peter
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Tay, Sho
Verlato, April
Item ID
35049AN
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Voters support incumbents. Turnout very low.* District 2 winner is Tom Beck with 982 votes out of 1857 votes cast and Roger Chandler won in District 5 with 704 votes out of 1627 cast. In District 3, Sho Tay ran unopposed so he was appointed. *semi-official results.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 14, 2018
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 14, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections-2018-results
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Harbicht, Bob
Platt, Joyce
Item ID
35343AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council members to submit nominees for John Wuo's vacant seat at next meeting October 20. Mayor Gary Kovacic and Councilman Tom Beck recommended former mayor Mickey Segal. Councilman Roger Chandler and Sho Tay wanted to take time to think of a few more nominees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34321
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Kovacic, Gary
Segal, Mickey
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Item ID
34514AN
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City of Sierra Madre police must find another way to deal with officer shortage after Arcadia balks at sharing officer. Sierra Madre officials had hoped Arcadia could help through a contract between the cities where one Arcadia officer would help patrol areas of Sierra Madre at night and backup would be available as needed. Arcadia City Council said they could not spare an officer for such a contract. See also Arcadia Weekly, February 4, 2016, pp. 1, 14.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34450
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Capoccia, John
Guthrie, Robert
Sierra Madre Police Department
Item ID
34642AN
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Mentally ill man Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia, is arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children at a hospital, a mall, and schools in Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33628
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
September 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33822AN
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Arcadia City Council approved spending about $297,700 in state police funds for various purposes, including an upgrade to the police shooting range, located beneath the Council Chamber.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33439
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Item ID
33635AN
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Arcadia's Mayor Tom Beck says city is "great" in his State of the City address.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34830
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 9, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 9, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Beck, Tom
Item ID
35314AN
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Arcadia City Council has two new members and a former city councilman has returned, according to semi-official results of the all-mail ballot election. Tom Beck, a retired attorney, and Sho Tay, a retired businessman, are new. Roger Chandler is the returning councilman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33799
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
City Council Elections--2014
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Tay, Sho
Item ID
33994AN
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Former Arcadia Police Department officer Christian Blesch gets 180 days in jail for pilfering more than $40,000 from the Arcadia Police Officers Association. He has paid back the amount stolen and resigned.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33977
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2014
Pages
p. 31
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2014
Pages
p. 31
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Officers Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34171AN
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Arcadia Police Department offers a safe meet up spot for internet sales. The Internet Exchange “Meet Up” spot is in the police department parking lot. The lot has video surveillance and is adjacent to the police station in the southwest corner of the parking lot.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Safety
Item ID
35484AN
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Police from across Southern California, including Arcadia, are joining Monrovia Police and sheriffs in a task force to try to obliterate street gangs that are committing crimes. This joint task force comes after four people were killed recently in Monrovia. Police suspect Black and Latino gangs of the murders.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30912
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 13
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 13
Subjects
Gangs
Murders
Police
Shootings
Violence
Item ID
31107AN
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Former Arcadia police lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 40, entered his plea of guilty to false personation and identity theft, both felonies, and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. The solicitations happened between January and May of 2005, while Kuwahara was on duty as watch commander. He faces up to 5 years in prison. The article includes Chief Bob Sanderson's comments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29944
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Kuwahara, Kenneth
Sanderson, Bob
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30130AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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