Arcadia: July 2008 Archives

Pasadena PD may have an embarassing scandal on its hands in the wake of an article that appeared in Thursday's Pasadena Weekly.

Andre Coleman reexamines the investigation into the death of former police Lt. David Richter and turns up some interesting tidbits.

Here's the lede:

Homicide investigators with the LA County Sheriff's Department are taking a second look into the death of retired Pasadena police Officer David Richter -- a case that, although initially thought to be suicide, has already been at the center of an internal affairs investigation in Pasadena and caused at least one person to lash out anonymously against Pasadena police leadership.

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A couple of weeks ago we reported on a rumor circulating Pasadena that a Panty Bandit was targeting nice neighborhoods and stealing lacy underwear. That story didn't pan out.

But, reporter Brian Day discovered similarities in a pair of lingere thefts from Victoria's Secrets stores in La Puente and Arcadia. Police won't make the link yet, but suspect descriptions are similar.

We've reported on the La Puente case:

The Arcadia theft is noted on the police department's incident log. There's apparently soem gender confusion in the police reports.

A similar ring was reportedly working in Philly. Actually Chester County.

The From Noise to Voice blog of an Arcadia resident reports a frightening find on the street outside his home:

This morning, I found our mailbox in pieces, laying on the ground, ran over by a car during the night. My house is next to a high traffic intersection. It's not a strange thing a car jumped the curb and ran up to the sidewalk. It has happened before...

As I was picking up the pieces, I found a note stuffed inside the mailbox...How nice, I thought to myself, the guy is nice enough to leave me his/her contact information...

Boy, was I wrong! I found the scribble be...

"JAPS GO HOME"

My message to the person who did this...

First of all, I am an American! A Chinese American, proud to be!!! Go home? Home is here!!! If you don't like it, YOU GO HOME!!! You are a coward! You did this hiding in the dark of the night...

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