Jonathan Robert Poyner, 21, of Glendora, will stand trial for numerous alleged lewd acts on 10 boys at Rio Hondo Preparatory School. He was a volunteer sports coach.
Jonathan Robert Poyner, 20, of Glendora, pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of child molestation, alleged by children he worked with at Rio Hondo Prep School.
Jonathan Robert Poyner, 20, of Glendora, a part-time employee at Rio Hondo Prep School in Arcadia, is accused of lewd acts on a child under 14 and two counts of attempted molestation.
Marco Antonio Irigoyen of West Covina has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for lewd conduct with a minor. He was a fourth grade teacher at Rio Hondo Elementary School in Arcadia. He pleaded no contest.
Urban waterway renewal is underway on the Rio Hondo River which begins near Peck Road Park, southeast of Arcadia, flows into the Los Angeles River and eventually into the ocean.
A weeklong science camp was held at Rio Hondo Preparatory School for first through fifth grade students. The camp is sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation.
Former Arcadia High School teacher Phillip Morgan Sutliff pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes against a former student, accepting a plea bargain of 12 years and eight months in state prison.
Former Arcadia High School English teacher Phillip Morgan Sutliff was sentenced, under a plea bargain, to 12 years and 8 months in state prison for sex crimes against a female student. See also 30835AN.
Molly Oglesby, of Arcadia High School, and William Ritter, of Rio Hondo Leadership Academy (RHLA), will receive the Arcadia Teachers Association's Eicherly Scholarships of $1000 each.
Paroled sex offender Paul Jeffrey Cricks, 44, was arrested in Arcadia after letting his electronic ankle bracelet die and disappearing from parole officers for a few days.
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.
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.
Former Caltech graduate student William "Billy" Cottrell was re-sentenced to serve at least 18 more months in prison for participating in a vandalism spree in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003.
William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.