A weaponless 15-year-old boy from Los Angeles tried to carjack a man in an Arcadia hotel parking lot. The driver ran to the Extended Stay America on Santa Clara Road where the police were called. The youth was arrested. No names were released by police.
70-year-old Mulji Patel of Arcadia was sentenced to 12 years in prison for hitting a workers' compensation attorney in the head with a hammer. The assault happened on January 31, 2006. Erwin A. Nepomuceno was the victim.
17-year-old Arcadia High School student Courtney Chou Lee has been named the 91st Rose Queen. Six other young ladies are princesses including another AHS student, Lauren Valenzuela. The Rose Queen and her royal court will reign over the 120th Rose Parade and the 95th Rose Bowl. Article contains some quotes from Courtney Lee's parents, Andrew Lee and Ulanda Lee.
Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.
Richard Russo, 50, of Arcadia, surrendered to police after an all-night standoff at his home on Arbolada Drive. In the morning Carmen Russo was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds and Richard Russo was arrested. Two children ages 6 and 11 are staying with family.
Ryan Richard Swender, of Arcadia, along with two others, plead not guilty in the December 1 stabbing of a 17-year-old boy at Memorial Park in Sierra Madre.
Five Arcadia High School students face criminal charges after allegedly beating a 16-year old classmate, stripping her naked and taking photographs, then threatening to distribute the pictures if she told police. The alleged assault took place on January 24, 2005.
Stockbroker Richard Robert Russo will stand trial for the murder of his wife Carmen. She was found shot to death in the couple's exclusive Santa Anita Oaks home in August.