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VOLUME 3, NO. 5
Mother’s Phone Call Ends Suspect’s 7-Hour Standoff with Pasadena Police
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State of the City: Arcadia Fiscally Sound Despite Sluggish State, National Economy BY JOE TAGLIERI Due mainly to solid property, utility and sales tax revenue, Arcadia has remained fiscally sound despite a sluggish state and national economy, City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto reported last Thursday in the annual “State of the City” address. In an event hosted
Suspect arrested – Photos by Terry Miller
by the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce at the local Embassy Suites Hotel, Please see page 5
Pasadena Police and SWAT officers were involved in a standoff Monday that began with an early morning report – an open 911 call -- of an armed robbery at an apartment complex at 70 N. Harkness opposite Pasadena City College. When police arrived, they knocked on the
Two Arcadia Homes Used for Indoor Marijuana Grow Operations Arcadia Police Department Detectives and SWAT Team served two search warrants at Arcadia homes in the 1800 block of South Baldwin
Avenue and in the 300 block of West Woodruff Avenue during the early morning hours on Jan. 22. The two locations were linked during the
The grow operation on West Woodruff Ave. – Courtesy photo
course of an investigation into possible indoor marijuana grow operations. Both warrants were served without incident and indoor marijuana grows were found at each location. Prior to the warrant service on Woodruff, a male was detained leaving the location in a vehicle. A second male was seen arriving at the same location in a vehicle and was also subsequently detained along with a female and two male infants who were inside the Woodruff home. Gao Ming, a 46-year-old male Asian from Arcadia, and Jia Hui Shen, a 27-yearold male Asian from El Monte, and Lan Lau, a 34-year-old female Asian Please see page 4
door and encountered a young male with a gun. He refused to step out and the barricade began. At least four concussion grenades were deployed in an attempt to get the suspect to surrender. Police evacuated nearby residents and staged outside the Carl’s Jr.
where Red Cross officials helped those temporarily displaced by the police activity. About seven hours later, the individual surrendered after officers set up a phone call with his mother. The 911 call from a woman said she was robbed at gunpoint and
locked in a room. The caller told police she fled from the location and was calling from a vehicle. A man was seen running out of the building, located just north of Colorado Boulevard, Monday morning before going back Please see page 4
Work in the Great Outdoors; Angeles National Forest Wants You The drought is far from over despite the recent rains but there has been new growth in the San Gabriel Mountains which is cause
BY TERRY MILLER for concern for the upcoming fire season in California. In preparation. the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains Na-
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The sky above the road to Chantry Flat Tuesday was filled with cumulus clouds that helped accent the natural beauty of the Angeles National Forest – Photo by Terry Miller