Brian Lawrence Snoke of Arcadia is taken into custody for questioning regarding the murder of Scott Edward Hutson of Arcadia and former Arcadia residents Robert Mark Green and Christina Rae Young.
A witness in the preliminary hearing of Brian Lawrence Snoke states that he was "going out to shoot these people" the morning that Scott Hutson, Christina Young and Robert Green were killed.
Brian Lawrence Snoke, a 24-year-old Arcadia man, was found guilty of three murders in an attempt to assume control of a lucrative cocaine sales network.
Sam and Louise LaCorte have collected 24,671 signatures from people opposed to the parole of Richard Lanill Johnson, the man who killed their daughter. Johnson was convicted of shooting and killing Catherine LaCorte and Robert Morton in the foothills above Arcadia on February 11, 1976.
Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.
Mary Young was installed as the new mayor of Arcadia, while Charles Gilb was named mayor pro-tem. Donald Pellegrino and David Hannah stepped down from the council to be replaced by Roger Chandler and Robert Harbicht.