Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch (photo), 36, was arrested for embezzlement of Arcadia Police Officers' Association funds. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was terminated. Blesch allegedly charegd more than $50,000 for personal items on a police association's credit card. He pleaded not guilty to a felony count of grand theft by embezzlement.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33633
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Weekly
- Date
- October 10, 2013
- Pages
- p. 1, 5
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
- Blesch, Christian
- Crime and Criminals
- Embezzlement
- Item ID
- 33828AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Two men dressed in uniform standing beside roadster which bears insignia on door of: Whittier F.D. Chief. Man on right is Topping, H.M. who organized Arcadia Fire Department in 1923 while he was Police and Fire Marshall. Man on left is not identified.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs436
- Date
- c.1922
1 image
- Date
- c.1922
- Physical Description
- 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 postcard
- ID
- 434
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Arcadia Police Officers Association has used a billboard to advertise its contract dispute, claiming crime is up while the number of police officers is down. The billboard is shown in a photograph.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30876
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- January 3, 2008
- Pages
- p. Local 1
- Item ID
- 31064AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Clara Baldwin Stocker is standing with two men on her right and two women on her left. She is wearing a light colored dress with an elaborate pattern on the skirt. None of the other adults are identified. They are standing in front of Clara's railroad car, "The California."
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1582
- Date
- c.1915?
1 image
- Date
- c.1915?
- Subjects
- Baldwin Stocker, Clara
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1566
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Twenty-three year old Arcadia police officer Joe Cortez is lauded for saving the life of a 14-month-old toddler.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30269
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- November 7, 2006
- Pages
- p. Local News 1
- Subjects
- Cortez, Joe
- Heroes
- Police officers
- Item ID
- 30456AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Back ends of a fire truck and a police car (Pontiac) are seen on an unknown street. One police officer stands by his car with a civillian. Fire truck has hoses in use or that were used recently.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1864
- Date
- 1940s or 1950s
1 image
- Date
- 1940s or 1950s
- Subjects
- Arcadia Fire Department
- Arcadia Police
- Physical Description
- 8 x 10 b & w
- ID
- 1785
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Five men with fire and police vehicles outside City Hall at NW corner of First and Huntington Drive. Left to right: Grady Pardue (on motorcycle), Jim Nellis standing on running board of fire engine (Fire Chief), Anist Mussachia (fireman), Albert Matthies (police -- killed approaching car of three men planning hold up of ODETTES which was previous name of Pines Cafe on Huntington Drive). The man on extreme right in business suit is Chief of Police and Fire Marshall, A. N. Coberly. Photo taken at City Hall, NW corner of First and Huntington Drive, it is believed.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs437
- Date
- c.1926
1 image
- Date
- c.1926
- Subjects
- Fire Department
- Police Department
- Pardue, Grady
- Nellis, Jim M.
- Mussachia, Anist
- Matthies, Albert
- Coberly, A.N.
- Physical Description
- 5x7 sepia, 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 435
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Former Arcadia Police Department officer Christian Blesch gets 180 days in jail for pilfering more than $40,000 from the Arcadia Police Officers Association. He has paid back the amount stolen and resigned.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33977
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Weekly
- Date
- October 2, 2014
- Pages
- p. 31
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department
- Arcadia Police Officers Association
- Blesch, Christian
- Crime and Criminals
- Item ID
- 34171AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Early 1950s exterior view of Arcadia police and fire department building at Wheeler Avenue and First Avenue. Two police officers are sitting on their motorcycles, parked by the curb. The doorway has a "Police" sign above it.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2112
- Date
- Early 1950s
1 image
- Date
- Early 1950s
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department
- Physical Description
- 8 x 10 b&w
- ID
- 2091
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Photo of Arcadia Police Chief L.C. Roosevelt wearing a white hat and suit with tie. It is blown up from a photo picturing him with two motorcycle officers, one on each side of him. The negative shows these two officers, Borger on left and William S. Orr on right.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1356
- Date
- c.1938
1 image
- Date
- c.1938
- Subjects
- Roosevelt, L. C.
- Police Department
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1347
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Black horsehandler standing in white shirt and dark pants holding harness of race horse with jockey mounted. Young man in suit and hat (possibly the trainer) standing to the right of these. None are identified.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs556
- Date
- c.1907
1 image
City administrators and negotiators for the Arcadia Police Department have not yet reached a contract agreement. Officers want an immediate 10% raise for the first year and 4% increases the second and third years. City council has offered salaries that would make Arcadia police the second or third highest paid in cities surveyed.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30852
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- December 20, 2007
- Pages
- p. Local 1
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department
- Arcadia Police Officers Association Union
- Labor contracts
- Salaries
- Item ID
- 31040AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Storefront building with a group of four women and one man standing in what appears to be a doorway or entrance. Two men in suits and hats are walking on the sidewalk. Handwriting at the bottom of the photo reads, "July 4th 1915."
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1590
- Date
- July 4, 1915
1 image
- Date
- July 4, 1915
- Subjects
- Stocker, Clara Baldwin
- Physical Description
- 5x7 b&w
- ID
- 1574
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Two motorcycle officers and their motorcycles on either side of an automobile with top down and Chief "Med" E. Cayer standing beside it. Officer on left is Dick Bloomfield; the one on the right is Jack Miller. Taken in front of two clapboard houses on unknown street.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs431
- Date
- c.1921
1 image
Four men in front of Baldwin's coach barn. Two are standing, two are seated in light buggy; none identified. Across base of photo is printed "J.T.Tuttle & Co, Sierra Madre, publishers of Southern California Views." The back of photo at the Huntington Library had written on it: Carter, 1937. Possibly given to Huntington Library by that person. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs219
- Date
- c.1880's
1 image
- Date
- c.1880's
- Subjects
- Rancho Santa Anita
- Baldwin Ranch
- Coach Barn
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 218
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Former Arcadia police officer Christian Blesch, 36, was arrested and charged with grand theft. He allegedly embezzled funds from the Arcadia Police Officers' Association over a period of several months. As of September 24, 2013, Blesch was no longer employed by Arcadia Police Department.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33643
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Weekly
- Date
- October 3, 2013
- Pages
- p. 1
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department--employees
- Arcadia Police Officers' Association
- Blesch, Christian
- Crime and Criminals
- Embezzlement
- Item ID
- 33838AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Christian Eric Blesch, 36, a former Arcadia police officer and Arcadia Police Officers' Association treasurer, is accused of embezzling $50,000. He pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court on the felony charges of grand theft by embezzlement. He was elected January 2011 to serve as treasurer. He resigned from Arcadia Police Department last month. A second police officer is being investigated.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33635
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- October 3, 2013
- Pages
- p. A1, A4
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
- Blesch, Christian
- Crime and Criminals
- Embezzlement
- Item ID
- 33830AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Five police cars and one motorcycle parked alongside Police Headquarters on Wheeler Street. Two are Fords for sure but others are uncertain. There is also one motorcycle parked with autos.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs446
- Date
- c.1938
1 image
- Date
- c.1938
- Subjects
- Police Department
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 444
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Table of nine pictured at Diamond Jubilee Ball. None are identified. A man in a dark suit and wearing glasses sits on the right.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs743
- Date
- September 30, 1978
1 image
- Date
- September 30, 1978
- Physical Description
- 5x7 b&w
- ID
- 739
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Photo shows six men standing in front of low building. Two are shown in full police uniforms. Person second from left is Emil Bolz, service station owner. Next is Officer Grady Pardue, next is Assistant Police Chief Louis Jack Richards, and next to him is Don Ott. Person on extreme left may be Paul Edwards. Person on extreme right not identified.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs430
- Date
- 1929
1 image
