The Arcadia Police Department responded to 939 calls for service from Sunday, June 20 through Saturday, June 26, of which 145 required formal investigations. Here is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the officers of the Arcadia Police Department during this period. (Listed in crime categories created by Arcadia’s Best).
ARCADIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Calls for Criminal Activity Totals Year-to-Date (thru 6/26) Calls for Service: 23,115 (2009 total: 50,371; 2008 Total: 49,699) Formal Investigations: 3,448 (2009 total: 7,092; 2008 total: 6,705)
Battery * At midnight Monday, June 21, while on extra patrol at the Santa Anita Inn, 130 West Huntington Drive, an officer observed a vehicle driving through the parking lot at a high rate of speed. Upon stopping the vehicle and conducting a vehicle check, the officer was advised occupants had been involved in a battery which had just occurred at the 100 to 1 Bar, 100 West Huntington Drive. The driver, a female white, 28 years of age, was arrested for driving with a suspended license and the occupant, a female white, 41 years of age, was subsequently arrested for battery. * At approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday, June 25, a Chinese male and female who were friends were arguing at the Westfield Mall. The argument turned into a physical altercation where the male was placed under private person’s arrest for battery.
Residential burglary/theft * A residential burglary occurred between 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, in the 00 block of West Winnie Way. Unknown suspect(s) gained access to the location via an unlocked bedroom window. Once inside, the suspect(s) ransacked three bedrooms and took miscellaneous credit cards, jewelry, a TV and a computer. The suspects fled the location in an unknown direction by unknown means. * Sometime between 5:30 a.m., Monday, June 21, and 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 22, unknown suspect(s) entered a residence in the 200 block of West Foothill Boulevard using unknown pry tools to forcibly open the front door. Once inside the residence, the suspect(s) removed property and exited out the front door leaving it ajar behind them. A laptop was stolen. * Between 11:00 p.m., on Wednesday, June 23, and 12:00 p.m., Thursday, June 24, unknown suspect(s) forced entry to the location in the 1000 block of Holly Avenue, which was tended for fumigation, by cutting the tent, removing a window screen and breaking a rear window. Suspect(s) possibly stole unknown items, exited via a rear door and fled the area in an unknown direction. * At approximately 4:20 p.m. Saturday, June 26, unknown suspects parked a white sedan to the front of the 00 block of West Lemon Avenue and gained access to the rear yard via an unlocked side gate. The suspects forced entry to the residence by removing the screen from and entering through an open bathroom window. Suspects stole a notebook computer, exited the residence and fled the area in listed vehicle.
Auto theft * Between the hours of 7:30 p.m. on June 24 and 2:20 p.m. Friday, June 25, a 2007 Infinity was taken from an open detached garage in the 900 block of Fallen Leaf Road.
Business theft/burglary * At approximately 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 26, unknown suspect(s) cut the lock of a storage unit to gain access at 12340 Lower Azusa Road. Once inside, unknown suspect(s) removed fishing equipment and an electronic car buffer.
Auto burglary/damage * Between 5:00 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. Sunday, June 29, unknown suspect(s) damaged the victim’s vehicle window by using a BB gun or a Pellet gun in the 200 block of Campus Drive. * At approximately 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, an unknown suspect possibly used a stolen key to enter victim’s vehicle from the 1000 block of West Duarte Road. It appeared that once inside the vehicle, the suspect(s) looked through the center console, unknown if anything was taken. Suspect then fled to the rear of the residence, jumped a wall and exited onto Temple City Boulevard and went southbound riding a scooter.
Forgery/identity theft * Sometime between midnight of June 14 and 12:30 p.m. Monday, June 21, victim was contacted by his bank, Foothill Federal Credit Union, that he was the victim of credit card fraud committed by unknown suspect(s). He was informed of multiple transactions from the United Kingdom and Denmark totaling more than $2,900.00. Report was made for violation of theft by credit card and grand theft. * Sometime between 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 19, and 12:45 p.m., Wednesday, June 23, a female white, 27 years of age, entered Walgreen Pharmacy at 253 East Foothill Boulevard with the intent to fill a prescription that she knew was fraudulent. The suspect left before officers arrived. * At 12 noon Thursday, June 24, unknown suspect(s) obtained victim’s bank checks by unknown means and wrote a check for $159.06 to Von’s in Pasadena for unknown items.
Drugs/alcohol * At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 20, a traffic stop at Peck and Live Oak leads to the arrest of a male Hispanic, 21 years of age for narcotics violations, and another male Hispanic, 26 years of age, for an outstanding warrant.
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