Former Hooters restaurant manager Juan M. Aponte of Arcadia was arrested on suspicion of multiple felony accounts, including making secret video recordings of women being interviewed for jobs.
Wei Sheng "Jackie" Chen, 46, of Arcadia, owner of Tema Media Inc., and store manager Dong Qun Lin, 40, of Alhambra, were arrested for allegedly importing and selling Chinese movie DVDs bearing an allegedly counterfeit Dolby Digital trademark. They were charged for the federal crime of trafficking in counterfeit goods. If convicted, Chen and Lin each face a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
Arcadia police arrested Jaime Elvis Elizondo, 33, a sex offender from San Gabriel, on suspicion of attacking a 5-year-old girl at Borders bookstore at the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall.
The Victoria's Secret store in the Westfield Santa Anita Shoppingtown has been hit by thieves in recent months. $3,000 in merchandise was stolen in the past month. Thieves accounted for roughly $150,000 in losses last year alone.
Arcadia wine seller Rudy Kurniawan, 35, was arrested on suspicion of trying to sell $1.3 million worth of counterfeit wine and fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in loans.
Arcadia Police Department's PACE office in the Westfield Shoppingtown mall has a new name and sign. It is now called Arcadia Police Department-Community Services and two officers, Sgt. Bob Guthrie and Officer Paul van der Noorn, are now manning the station in the lower level, near JC Penney.
A woman shot in Arcadia early Monday morning appears to be a case of suicide rather than murder. Joseph Frank Randazzo is still being held for suspicion of murder while the investigation continues.
Arcadia Police arrested Juan Lorenzo, 31, and Jose Antonio Cruz Ramirez, 26, both of San Gabriel, on suspicion of the stabbing murder of Anthony Berry, 18, of Pomona, at 1300 S. Golden West Avenue. The suspects are employees of Money Pot Shabu Shabu restaurant and became involved in an argument with Berry. Lorenzo will be arraigned January 5, 2012.
Secret brothels in residential areas of Monterey Park, Alhambra dand Rowland Heights were uncovered recently. Among the conspirators arrested was Jian "David" Guo, 42, of Arcadia.
Two men and two juveniles were arrested on suspicion of committing more than eight armed robberies in the Arcadia and Monrovia areas since late January.
The probe of former Hooters manager widens as police find videos of naked and partially naked women on his computer. The women were shown changing into Hooters uniform as part of interview process.
Holiday shopping at Westfield Shoppingtown - Santa Anita, was up as much a 7 to 10% over last year as shoppers jammed the mall the day after Thanksgiving.
Two teenage stabbing victims are expected to recover from injuries they sustained when they fought with unknown attackers outside the southeast side of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall.
An 18-year-old male was stabbed to death at a strip mall in the 1300 block of S. Golden West Avenue in Arcadia. Juan Lorenzo, age 31, and Jose Antonio Cruz Ramirez, age 26, both of San Gabriel, were arrested and booked on murder charges. Both suspects work at Money Pot Shabu Shabu Restaurant.
Suspect Steven Phong was arrested in an alleged check scam where he passed a phony or stolen $800 business check to purchase a mall gift card at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.