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Sierra Madre man assaulted Loses teeth At 11:30 pm, SMPD officers responded to a call of a disturbance in the 400 block of West Sierra Madre Boulevard. They were met by the victim, male 51 years of age, who was bleeding from the mouth. He informed the officers that he was taking photographs of a vehicle that was illegally parked in his carport when he was confronted by a male who challenged him about the photos. A verbal argument ensued and the suspect punched the victim in the face multiple times. The suspect then fled the scene. Follow up investigation located a resident of the apartment complex who may be the girlfriend of the suspect. This led to a possible identification of the suspect and detectives are currently attempting to locate him. The victim lost a few teeth in the incident but declined medical treatment initially.
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Volume 18, No. 20
Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996
Arcadia Police seeking public’s help in fatal hit and run
Father of victim implores suspect to “do the right thing”
MUSD board president chastises public on comments By Susan Motander
Brian Doherty speaks at an emotional press conference in Arcadia Tuesday afternoon. With his wife, Cindy at his side and other family member including Jennifer Ruiz (Kenneth’s widow), the family of hit and run victim Kenneth Doherty is pleading for the public’s help in locating the person(s) responsible for the death of their son May 7. On the right is lead detective, Mike Hale of Arcadia Police Dept. -Photo by Terry Miller
Brian Doherty stood alongside his wife Cindy and other grieving family members including the victim’s wife Jennifer Ruiz as well as detectives at Arcadia Police headquarters Tuesday afternoon. Doherty and his family is pleading for the public’s help in finding the person responsible for killing his 32year old son Kenneth on May
7 in a hit and run accident. I'd like to make a plea to the driver himself; he or she has had a few days to think this over and I think the preferred thing is that they come into the police station and discuss this, whatever went on there,” Brian Doherty said. “They won't be able to go forward in life without doing that ... If someone is out there and
knows something just think if it was your brother or your son? The Arcadia Police Department continues to ask the community for any information in locating the suspect and suspect vehicle who struck Kenneth Doherty along Foothill Boulevard in
On May 8 the Monrovia Unified School District Board of Trustees met to discuss, among other things, the results of a survey taken in regard to the search for a Superintendent for the District. Although the Board is not supposed to enter into a discussion with the public after the comments portions, the Board President, Chris Rich, after thanking the members of the public for attending the meeting, seemed to scold them for failing to contact him privately in advance of the meeting. There were actually three meetings of the Board that evening. The first was a closed session at which the Board discussed personnel issues including the performance reviews of the superintendent and other district administra-
Father of Kendrec McDade Please see page 14 Please see page 9 files suit Temple City High students Cathe Wilson, imprisoned former alleging mayor of Temple City, released police abuse allege teacher bullying in aquatics program Wilson will be on probation for Asking for $10,000 in damages
Attorney for Kenneth McDade, Caree Harper, has filed a claim against Pasadena alleging that Pasadena police officers harassed and assaulted her client Kenneth McDade, father of Please see page 7
By Terry Miller
Students of the Temple City High School aquatics program have met twice recently with administration officials at Temple City High School to air concerns about their coach , Linda Simons. Inappropriate actions such as “throwing balls at students heads, use of expletives and knowingly allowing bullying to exist on the team(s)..are just some of the
many allegations students are making about one teacher at the High School. “With Rutgers heavy on the minds of students, we thought her (Simons) fate was sealed, but the good old boy system keeps coach in her position with just a verbal warning,” a senior said who is one Please see page 27
Kenneth Doherty
48 months after ACP Program By Terry Miller
Former Temple City mayor Cathe Wilson, imprisoned for bribery and perjury has spent the past two of her senior years in Chowchilla, CDC Women's Prison. She has now been released under a special Alternative Custody Program (ACP) and is
home in Temple City according to Lt. V. Carr, PIO for CDC. Penal Code (PC) Section 1170.05, the Alternative Custody Program (ACP), was enacted by Senate Bill 1266 and became effective Please see page 14
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-Photo by Terry Miller