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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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Pines Coffee Shop at 58 E. Huntington Drive was robbed of $125 in a dawn holdup.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
December 28, 1949
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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The Journal
Date
December 28, 1949
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Crime and Criminals Pines Coffee Shop
Item ID
29886AN
Collection
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On Thursday, January 18, the Bank of America at 169 E. Foothill was robbed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Bank of America
Banks
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
29175AN
Collection
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Robert Mike Macardican allegedly stabbed a man and fled to a house on Don Pablo Drive. A SWAT team forced him out and he was arrested.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 26, 2001
Pages
p.1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 26, 2001
Pages
p.1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Macardican, Robert Mike
Assault with a deadly weapon
Stabbings
SWAT
Item ID
29509AN
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A man allegedly posing as a security guard stole money from the Marie Callender's restaurant in Arcadia on Sunday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
21828AN
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A possible transient allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo branch inside an Albertson's grocery store on Live Oak Avenue in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2001
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2001
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Bank robbery
Item ID
22400AN
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The Feds (Secret Service, part of the U.S. Treasury Department) take over counterfeiting case from Arcadia Police Department. Five individuals were arrested on suspicion of passing counterfeit bills at Robinsons-May, Macy's and possibly JC Penney, at Westfield Shoppingtown in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Counterfeit money
Crime and Criminals
Pena, Alfonso
Portillo, Juan
Item ID
33611AN
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Arcadia police are calling this past holiday season quiet in terms of criminal activity. The one crime of note was the bank robbery of Citizen's Business Bank on First Avenue on December 31, 2001.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Citizen's Business Bank
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30340AN
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Rumor's bar owner Scott Hammond shot and killed a suspect trying to break into his bar located at 48 E. Huntington Drive. Separately, the merchant of AM Donuts on Las Tunas wounded one of two suspects trying to rob his store.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
AM Donuts
Crime and Criminals
Hammond, Scott
King, Chet
Robbery
Rumor's
Shootings
Item ID
30492AN
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton was arrested for embezzling charitable funds and impersonating federal officers.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thornton, David Frederick
Item ID
24013AN
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Arcadia police pursued and arrested armed suspects after they robbed a Wells Fargo Bank at 211 East Foothill Boulevard. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Allen, Aaron
Bank robbery
Burnham, Robert
Crime and Criminals
Ramirez, Wilfredo
Young, Melonie
Item ID
30669AN
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Four suspects involved in an Arcadia bank robbery had their original bail amounts increased from $35,000 to $280,000 and upwards of $300,000. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Allen, Aaron
Bank robbery
Burnham, Robert
Crime and Criminals
Ramirez, Wilfredo
Young, Melonie
Item ID
30685AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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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
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Former Arcadia High School athlete football player Sultan Abdul-Malik, 24, of Duarte, sentenced to 3 years probation for a counterfeit check scheme.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School alumni
Crimes and criminals
Abdul-Malik, Sultan
Item ID
34810AN
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The fatal shooting of two Asian men last week in Arcadia was probably gang-related. These are unsolved murders.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lam, Wing Wong
Murder
Shootings
Tsui, Kenneth
Item ID
30726AN
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Two pharmacies were burglarized in what appeared to be related crimes. Both Colonial Pharmacy and Live Oak Pharmacy had windows smashed with narcotics being stolen at the Live Oak Pharmacy.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2002
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2002
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Pharmacies
Crime and Criminals
Burglaries
Item ID
24896AN
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Arcadia doctor arrested. Dr. Badrudin Rajabali Kurwa was arrested on October 22 for alleged sexual battery of two employees in his Glendora office. Dr. Kurwa practices as an ophthamologist in both Arcadia and Glendora.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Kurwa, Dr. Badrudin Rajabali
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
24893AN
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Joseph Onelas and Robert Alvarez received knife wounds after fighting Halloween night at the intersection of Santa Anita Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Ornales, Joseph (or Onelas, Joseph)
Alvarez, Robert
Item ID
24962AN
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The Victoria's Secret store in the Westfield Santa Anita Shoppingtown has been hit by thieves in recent months. $3,000 in merchandise was stolen in the past month. Thieves accounted for roughly $150,000 in losses last year alone.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Retail stores
Thefts
Underwear
Victoria's Secret
Item ID
31423AN
Collection
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The FBI is tracking vandals who caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage across San Gabriel Valley area sport utility vehicle dealerships. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for these acts of ecoterrorism.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Item ID
32041AN
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