Former Arcadia Police Department lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 41, who pleaded guilty last year to felony offenses of false personation and identity theft and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution, will have a sentencing hearing on June 28, 2007.
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.
John Anderson, 52, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court to a probation violation related to a 2005 conviction for prowling, peeking, and trespassing in Arcadia. He allegedly shot a veteran Monrovia police sergeant too.
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.
Marco Antonio Irigoyen, 43, a teacher at an Arcadia school, pleaded not guilty to five charges of lewd conduct with a minor. He is being held on $1 million bail.
Arcadia High School teacher Phillip Sutliff pleads not guilty to charges of sex crimes involving an underaged student. A pretrial hearing will take place May 15.
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.
Isaac John Campbell, 33, pleaded not guilty to murdering his former girlfriend, Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can at his friend's home in Arcadia. Campbell will return to Alhambra Superior Court on June 19 for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.
Jonathan Robert Poyner, a former volunteer coach at Rio Hondo Preparatory School in Arcadia, will serve 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting 10 middle school boys.
Former Arcadia police lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 40, entered his plea of guilty to false personation and identity theft, both felonies, and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. The solicitations happened between January and May of 2005, while Kuwahara was on duty as watch commander. He faces up to 5 years in prison. The article includes Chief Bob Sanderson's comments.
Ex-Muir High School teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, will be tried for murdering his his ex-wife's boyfriend Justo Cesar Morales. He pleaded not guilty. Ex-wife Tania Landreth claimed he had confessed to killing Morales
Teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Pasadena Superior Court. He allegedly confessed to his ex-wife that he shot 25-year old Justo Cesar Morales to death at his parents' Canyon Road home in Northern Arcadia.
Arcadia-based Dr. Monique Williams has agreed to plead guilty to the unlawful distribution of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, aka Oxycodone. She admitted to writing prescriptions for people she did not examine and people that did not need it.
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.
Suspended Arcadia police lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara pleaded not guilty to felony charges of using another officer's name to solicit prostitutes over the Internet. Kuwahawa is free on his own recognizance.
Arcadia High School baseball coach Mike Parisi was arrested for allegedly being under the influence of cocaine. He will plead not guilty and plans to fight charges.
An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.