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Rosemead dental hygienist arrested
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Monrovia Weekly Monday, MARCH 18 - march 24, 2013 Volume 18, No. 11
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth & Queen Mary Royal rendezvous in Long Beach
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Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau facilitated the arrest of a Dental assistant at his place of employment in Rosemead. Suspect Robles is alleged to have sexually molested a 15-year-old female over the past six months during her dental visits. The victim disclosed the abuse to her parents who notified law enforcement. Suspect Robles has been practicing as a Dental Hygienist for the past 6 years in the Los Angeles area. He has been employed at the Smile Care Dental in the cities of Bellflower and Rosemead for the past four years. Detectives are seekPlease see page 5
Newly elected San Gabriel Council Member Jason Pu has high hopes for city By SHEL SEGAL
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By Terry Miller Queen Elizabeth, the youngest in the Cunard fleet, sailed into Long Beach harbor to meet renowned sister ship, former Royal Mail Ship Tuesday evening. This Royal Rendezvous was Queen Mary’s first encounter with a Queen Elizabeth since 1967 when
Queen Mary, during her final Transatlantic Crossing in Cunard service, passed by the original Queen Elizabeth in September of 1967. Hundreds gathered aboard the former Royal Mail Ship to witness this rare visit by Queen Elizabeth in Long Beach harbor Tuesday at sundown. Two queens of the
‘Baby factories’ in Arcadia? City of Arcadia forms a Task Force to look into the matter By Terry Miller It was reported last week that a motel in Arcadia is allegedly being used as a ‘baby factory’ housing expectant mothers from overseas, in particular China, to have their children born in the United States and thus garner immediate US citizenship for that child. Reports from several outlets say that the Santa Anita Inn is being used as a “ maternity hotel.” While the practice is not illegal, it is raising a lot of eyebrows across the San Gabriel Valley. The Arcadia Weekly
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has learned that other locations including Extended Stay may also be involved in similar schemes in Arcadia, Monrovia and surrounding cities. However, Arcadia Asst. City Manager Jason Kruckeberg says that the city is wellaware of what is going on not only at the Santa Anita Inn. “A number of the rooms over there are being rented by pregnant individuals. They city has been aware of that for quite some time,” Kruckeberg told Beacon Media.” We have started a Task Force with some out-
side agencies to address this issue…” he said Wednesday. Kruckeburg said the city has been in contact with Los Angeles County Health dept. as this issue would fall under their jurisdiction; also the city has contacted Franchise Tax Board and the E.E.D for further investigation. Kruckeberg said that his understanding is that the pregnant women come to the United States on a tourist visa usually when several months pregnant. In many communities, including Arcadia, Please see page 8
seas had a royal gathering of sorts as Cunard's luxury cruise ship Queen Elizabeth sailed into Long Beach, California where one of her most famous predecessors, the grand old liner Queen Mary, is docked. Fireworks lit up the sky in Long Beach harbor as the ships’ horns were sounded as the state-of-the-art Queen
Elizabeth greeted RMS Queen Mary. The original Queen Mary traveled the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 right up until 1967 when air travel was considered safer, more economical and, of course, much faster. The typical transatlantic voyage
Newly elected San Gabriel Council Member Jason Pu – who will be officially sworn in on March 19 – feels his career as a business attorney will serve him well on the council.
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Jason Pu -Courtesy Photo
Assemblymember Holden’s bill to fight human trafficking passes first committee test Human trafficking is the world's fastest growing criminal enterprise with victims as young as 13 being forced into prostitution* Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill to aid state law enforcement in stopping the trade of young men and women for prostitution was unanimously approved today by the Assembly Public Safety Committee. AB 156 would allow law enforcement to get a court order for a wiretap when they suspect human trafficking across state and national borders.
“When I learned that criminal gangs were moving thousands of young women and men – some as young as 13 – into California each year and turning them into prostitutes, I was appalled and angry,” explained Assemblymember Holden. “This bill would help law enforcement intercept these guys who prey on our young people and it would turn
California into a leader in preventing child trafficking. If it can save one life, then this bill is worth it.” More than 100,000 American children are exploited through prostitution each year. It is the world’s fastest growing criminal enterprise raking in some $32 billion worldwide. Many of these Please see page 5