The City Council offers $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and charging of the killer(s) of Arcadia resident Charlotte Cole. The City Council offers a $15,000 reward for information leading to the killer of two hit and run victims. The victims were an elderly man and his grandson.
A prayer vigil will be held in memory of longtime school teacher, Charlotte Cole, who was slain in her minivan in the parking lot behind Coco's Restaurant on September 1, 2002. The case remains unsolved.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Richard Robert Russo pleads not guilty to charges of murder and child abuse and the judge denies his motion for bail. He is accused of shooting his wife Carmen.
A jury hears defendant Richard Robert Russo's conversation with Arcadia policeman Bruce Smith as he says, "I killed my wife." Russo's wife Carmen had about 18 bullet holes in her body. Russo is charged with murder and two counts of child abuse. They lived in the exclusive Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood of Arcadia.
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.
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.
Renee Russo, 20, eldest daughter of Richard Robert Russo, a man accused of shooting his wife Carmen Russo to death, testifies that her father and stepmother had a troubled relationship.
On February 20, 1997 Arcadia police officers responded to an emergency call in the 600 block of S. First Avenue regarding a stabbing in progress. A suspect was arrested and the victim transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Police arrested two men and are seeking two others in connection with a stabbing that occurred at the height of the holiday shopping season at the Santa Anita Fashion Park.