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The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1367AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

22-year-old Miguel Fernandez of Arcadia was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and killed when the truck careened out of control and flipped upside down at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Hill Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1984

Pages: p. A2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1984

Pages: p. A2

Subjects: Fernandez, Miguel; Automobile Accident

Item ID: 27515AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder

Item ID: 1379AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

About 40 members of the Arcadia Chinese Association protested in front of the Chinese Consulate General offices, condemning the Chinese government for killing unarmed students in Beijing.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Organizations - Arcadia Chinese Association

Item ID: 469AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to the Arcadia Police Department's monthly activity report for the month of December, which reports statistics for the entire year, daytime burglaries increased while night burglaries decreased. Also, there were no murders, 3 rapes, 2 attempted rapes, 36 assaults with a gun and 13 arrests for indecent exposure in 1987.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1378AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to West Covina Police Lt. David Shively, Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle was murdered during an argument he had with a man he met at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 13, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 13, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Murder; Van Wickle, Matt

Item ID: 1999AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to year-end figures released by the Arcadia Police Department, the number of felonies for 1986 as compared to 1985 declined by 72, from 2857 to 2785.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1370AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After presentations by 3 architectural firms Tuesday night, the Arcadia City Council voted 4-1 to ask one of the companies back for further discussion on doing a master plan for the city's proposed civic center project. The proposed center would probably be located on the Huntington Drive median where the city hall and police station are now located. Mayor David Hannah indicated that this could be a long-term project, perhaps lasting as long as 20 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1199AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 24, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 24, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1369AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadian was killed by an automobile.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 28, 1982

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 28, 1982

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Fainblit, Wolf; Automobile accidents

Item ID: 27264AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadia undercover police officer, 28, helped a Drug Enforcement Administration team and the LAPD in Sylmar for the biggest drug bust in history, a cache of 20 tons of cocaine valued at $20 billion. Federal agents also confiscated $10 million in cash.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 4, 1989

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 4, 1989

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1479AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia and Pasadena police captured two suspects in a jewelry store robbery which took place at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1387AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Chief of Police, Neal Johnson, has been appointed chairman of an anti-drug program sponsored by the San Gabriel Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1987

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1987

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Drug Abuse

Item ID: 1454AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has offered a $5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders of 2 Arcadia women who were slain at their homes in the past weeks.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Murder

Item ID: 1996AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Councilman, Charles Gilb is not sure the Arcadia police department has enough staff to handle the city's drug cases and is now conducting a study to see if more officers are needed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 13, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 13, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Abuse; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 1453AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle was found murdered in West Covina. He was last seen at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Murder; Van Wickle, Matt

Item ID: 1997AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia may follow the lead of Pasadena, Los Angeles and other communities by considering the possibility of adopting a no-smoking ordinance. According to City Manager George Watts, the council has not decided on any specific rules and probably will not receive a study report from staff until mid-November.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2059AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia may soon purchase the National Guard Armory site just south of the police station on Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 25, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 25, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: National Guard Armory

Item ID: 2007AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Mounted Police Reserve has filed a lawsuit against the City. The suit apparently stems from the City taking over the organization's headquarters (City owned property) due to members' refusal to allow the City access to their financial records.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses; Actions and Defenses; Organizations-Arcadia Mounted Police Reserve

Item ID: 1AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1477AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

22-year-old Miguel Fernandez of Arcadia was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and killed when the truck careened out of control and flipped upside down at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Hill Avenue.

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

About 40 members of the Arcadia Chinese Association protested in front of the Chinese Consulate General offices, condemning the Chinese government for killing unarmed students in Beijing.

According to West Covina Police Lt. David Shively, Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle was murdered during an argument he had with a man he met at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

According to year-end figures released by the Arcadia Police Department, the number of felonies for 1986 as compared to 1985 declined by 72, from 2857 to 2785.

An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.

An Arcadian was killed by an automobile.

An Arcadia undercover police officer, 28, helped a Drug Enforcement Administration team and the LAPD in Sylmar for the biggest drug bust in history, a cache of 20 tons of cocaine valued at $20 billion. Federal agents also confiscated $10 million in cash.

Arcadia and Pasadena police captured two suspects in a jewelry store robbery which took place at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

Arcadia Chief of Police, Neal Johnson, has been appointed chairman of an anti-drug program sponsored by the San Gabriel Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

The Arcadia City Council has offered a $5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders of 2 Arcadia women who were slain at their homes in the past weeks.

Arcadia City Councilman, Charles Gilb is not sure the Arcadia police department has enough staff to handle the city's drug cases and is now conducting a study to see if more officers are needed.

Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle was found murdered in West Covina. He was last seen at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

Arcadia may soon purchase the National Guard Armory site just south of the police station on Huntington Drive.

The Arcadia Mounted Police Reserve has filed a lawsuit against the City. The suit apparently stems from the City taking over the organization's headquarters (City owned property) due to members' refusal to allow the City access to their financial records.

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.