Juvenile Arrested After Four Local Street Robberies

On April 11 just after 6 p.m., patrol officers were dispatched to the 3600 block of Sierra Vista Avenue regarding a robbery involving a firearm that had just occurred. Upon arrival, officers learned the victim had been walking in the area when they were approached by a male who robbed them of their watch at gunpoint. After this, the suspect fled the area on foot. During an initial search of the area, officers were unable to locate the suspect.

While speaking with the initial victim, officers were approached by a second victim who stated s/he had been walking in the area of Honolulu Avenue and Broadview Drive earlier and had also been robbed of his/her watch at gunpoint by a male, but had not yet reported the incident. As officers were still on scene conducting this investigation, at approximately 7 p.m., another victim called the Glendale Police Department to report a male pointed a handgun at them and asked for money while they were walking near Roselawn Avenue and Broadview Drive, then fled on foot.

Officers quickly responded to the area and located the suspect who fled from them on foot. The suspect ultimately surrendered to officers on the 3600 block of Angelus Avenue and was taken into custody. Officers recovered from the juvenile male a black BB gun that replicated a real firearm along with property belonging to the victims. After the suspect was in custody, a fourth victim approached officers and told them they had just been robbed of their cellphone at gunpoint by this same male while walking near Roselawn and La Crescenta Avenue. Officers recovered all of the property that was stolen by the suspect and were able to return it to the victims.

Witnesses and surveillance cameras in the area positively identified the juvenile male as the suspect involved in the four separate robberies. The male was subsequently arrested and booked at Central Juvenile Hall for robbery.

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Males Arrested for Illegal Drug Sales with a Loaded Handgun

On April 8 at approximately 6:40 p.m., officers assigned to the Glendale Police Department’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) observed a vehicle driving the wrong way on a one-way street (Eagledale Avenue), then enter a parking lot on the corner of Eagledale and Broadway.

As officers pulled into the lot, they observed two males, identified as 60-year-old Raymond Galvan of Arcadia and 20-year-old Hayk Hakobyan of Glendale, exit the vehicle and begin walking away from it. Officers made contact with Galvan and Hakobyan regarding the violation. While speaking with the males, Galvan told officers he had drugs on his person, retrieved multiple small plastic bags of heroin from his pocket and handed it to the officers. Officers then searched Galvan and located a methamphetamine pipe along with just over $400 in cash. A search of Hakobyan revealed just over $400 in cash as well.

A search of the vehicle produced a loaded firearm with no serial number on it, methamphetamine, heroin, multiple methamphetamine pipes and syringes along with packaging materials and additional evidence of narcotics sales. Galvan and Hakobyan were arrested and booked for being convicted felons in possession of a firearm, carrying a firearm while possessing illegal drugs and for possession of illegal drugs for sale along with other charges. 

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Woman Arrested for Vehicle Theft, Grand Theft and Obstruction

On April 7 at approximately 9:30 a.m., Glendale police officers responded to the 900 block of West Glenoaks Boulevard regarding a vehicle theft that had just occurred.

Utilizing the vehicle’s GPS system, officers were able to track the vehicle’s location. It had stopped at a nearby parking lot but, when officers arrived, the vehicle had already left. Officers did locate the victim’s purse in the parking lot and continued to track the vehicle’s location. Eventually, the vehicle parked in the area of Heliotrope Drive and the 101 Freeway in the City of Los Angeles. An Air Support Unit responded to the area and located the victim’s stolen vehicle parked at the location. 

Officers arrived on scene and found the victim’s stolen vehicle with a female, later identified as 22-year-old Charlese Marlin (transient), seated inside. Marlin exited the vehicle and fled from officers on foot, but was taken into custody. Officers recovered the stolen vehicle, along with a $10,000 camera that the victim had left inside of it, and returned it to the victim.  Marlin was arrested and booked for vehicle theft, grand theft and obstruction.

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Males Arrested for Multiple Charges Including Illegal Drug Sales

On April 7 at approximately 3 p.m., officers assigned to the Glendale Police Department’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) conducted a self-initiated investigation at a motel on the 1300 block of West Glenoaks Boulevard. As a result of the investigation, a large quantity of prescription pills and methamphetamine were seized along with fentanyl, approximately $1,300 in cash, drug paraphernalia and multiple items of evidence indicative of drug sales, including packaging materials and digital scales.

At the conclusion of their investigation, 29-year-old Artak Avakian of Glendale was arrested and booked for possession of illegal drugs for sale. Since Avakian was on probation for a previous drug offense, a probation hold was placed on him and he remained in custody.

Varand Hartooni of Glendale, 32, was arrested and booked for possessing illegal drugs, providing false identification to officers and illegal possession of a collapsible baton along with multiple outstanding warrants. Due to Los Angeles County’s emergency “zero dollar” bail schedule, Hartooni was released from custody within hours with a notice to appear in court for his charges. Arteen Davoodian of Glendale, 25, was arrested for being in possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and was cited out at the scene with a notice to appear.

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Arrests for Reckless Driving and Street Racing – Vehicles Impounded

The Glendale Police Dept. has a zero-tolerance policy regarding reckless driving and illegal street racing. Those arrested for such offenses will have their vehicles impounded. The below list depicts those who have been arrested for reckless driving and participating in an illegal speed contest (racing) over the course of the last few weeks. Officers continue to proactively patrol the city and monitor traffic to keep roads safe for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Anyone who witnesses reckless driving or illegal street racing should call the Glendale Police Department non-emergency line at (818) 548-4911 or 9-1-1 to report those involved.