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15-year-old Richard Ung was arrested at his parents' home in Arcadia, where sheriffs recovered nine guns, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an assault pistol. Ung is being investigated for alleged involvement in the stabbing death of Boo K. Lee.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30707
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Guns
Lee, Boo K.
Murders - stabbings
Ung, Richard
Weapons
Item ID
30895AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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After teaching music in the Arcadia Unified School District for 39 years, Dennis Davies retires.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21226
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
21453AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Alumni from Abraham Lincoln High School in Lincoln Heights (in Los Angeles) gathered at Matt Denny's Ale House in Arcadia to have a class reunion. The 100 or so graduates were primarily from the classes of 1945, 1946, and 1947, but members of other classes also attended.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31387
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Abraham Lincoln High School - Los Angeles, CA
Bevelaqua, Michael
Davis, Babe
Davis, Bill
Iacono, John
Lorenzetti, Charlie
Pion, Helen
Reunions
Skelly, Ray
Vargas, Adolfo
Item ID
31581AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Alumni from Abraham Lincoln High School in Lincoln Heights (in Los Angeles) gathered at Matt Denny's Ale House in Arcadia to have a class reunion. The 100 or so graduates were primarily from the classes of 1945, 1946, and 1947, but members of other classes also attended.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31388
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Abraham Lincoln High School - Los Angeles, CA
Bevelaqua, Michael
Davis, Babe
Davis, Bill
Iacono, John
Lorenzetti, Charlie
Pion, Helen
Reunions
Skelly, Ray
Vargas, Adolfo
Item ID
31581AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Fraud
Scams
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25502AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An article about the Arcadia High School boys football game against Crescenta Valley, which the Apaches lost, shows Arcadia's David Schuil in photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31820
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - boys football
Schuil, David
Item ID
32017AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia offers two $20,000 rewards. The police are seeking information on the homicide, hit-and-run of Fuzhi Ji and his grandson Vincent Ji and on the stabbing death of Charlotte Cole.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24308
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Automobile accidents
City Council
Cole, Charlotte
Crime and Criminals
Hit and run
Ji, Fuzhi
Ji, Vincent
Item ID
24499AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police arrested a suspected carjacker named David Barragan, 24, of Los Angeles, after he crashed a stolen car into a utility pole during a 100 mph police chase.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30608
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 6
Subjects
Barragan, David
Carjackings
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30796AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police officers honor Albert Matthies, the city's only police officer killed in the line of duty, with a ceremony and a plaque, 80 years after his death. The plaque is on the 1000 block of North View Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30633
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia police officers
Awards - honors - recognitions
Matthies, Albert Edward
Plaques
Remembrances
Item ID
30821AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police shot a mountain lion, or cougar, at 8 PM in the backyard of a home in the 2200 block of Canyon Road. The mountain lion had just mauled a dog to death and was charging at police when police shot the cat with an assault weapon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31281
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Big cats
Cougars
Mountain Lions
Wild animals
Item ID
31476AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton, charged with wire and mail fraud and embezzling money from the Thornton Kidney Research Foundation, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Crime - Embezzlement
Crime - Fraud
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25845AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton was arrested for embezzling charitable funds and impersonating federal officers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thornton, David Frederick
Item ID
24013AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Richard Vethamani displays his collection of presidential campaign buttons at the Arcadia Public Library through mid-November.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29222
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Vethamani, Richard
Arcadia Public Library
Displays
Presidential campaign buttons.
Item ID
29408AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Rick Landis and his partners, Bonnie and Glenn Watje of Whittier, who operate the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet, will receive the Good Scout of the Year Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31141
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2008
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2008
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Business owners
Landis, Richard ("Rick") - biography
Item ID
31336AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia stockbroker Richard Robert Russo was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife Carmen one year ago. He faces 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30379AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Authorities reveal that Charlotte Cole, found dead in her van on Sept. 1, was stabbed to death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime & criminals
Cole, Charlotte
Item ID
21866AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Based on the Census 2000 figures, Arcadia is now included in the San Gabriel Valley's 28th Congressional District. Incumbent Republican Rep. David Dreier will be challenged by Democrat Marjorie Musser Mikels of Upland and Libertarian Dr. Randall Weissbuch, an Arcadia physician.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24700
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
28th Congressional District
Dreier, David
Mikels, Marjorie Musser
Weissbuch, Dr. Randall
Item ID
24894AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bradbury resident Richard Dootson, founder of the Arcadia-based Dootson School of Trucking, died from a heart attack and brain hemorrhage on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. He was 79 and famous for his wacky television commercials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29540
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Dootson, Richard
Dootson School of Trucking
Obituary / death notice
Business and Industry
Item ID
29724AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Burglars stole computers, cash, and Viagra from a medical building at 612 Duarte Road on the night that Arcadia Police were occupied at the stand-off at Richard and Carmen Russo's house that ended in Carmen Russo's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29675
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thefts
Burglaries
Item ID
29860AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The California Highway Patrol freeway pursuit of suspected drunk driver Alexander Contreras led to the death of an innocent bystander, Michael Kim, 20, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30783
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
Subjects
Contreras, Alexander
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Kim, Michael
Police chases
Item ID
30971AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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