Male Arrested with Loaded Firearm, Narcotics, and Marijuana

On Dec. 12 at approximately 1:15 p.m., officers assigned to Glendale PD’s Patrol Bureau responded to a hotel on the 6700 block of San Fernando Road regarding an occupant who was refusing to leave and thereby trespassing.

Upon arriving, officers learned that 23-year-old Gagik Arshakyan of North Hollywood (who was arrested in Glendale in September 2021 for possession of a firearm) was the occupant trespassing, and he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

Officers went to the room associated with Arshakyan and were ultimately able to make contact and detain him. Inside of the hotel room officers located a loaded firearm and narcotics. Officers searched Arshakyan’s vehicle and located a large quantity of marijuana.

Arshakyan was subsequently arrested and booked for possessing a controlled substance while armed, possessing narcotics, possessing marijuana for sale and for his outstanding warrant.

Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Male in Possession of Three Firearms

On Dec. 3 just before 3:30 p.m., an officer assigned to Glendale PD’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) was traveling near the intersection of Hawthorne Street and San Fernando Road when they noticed a vehicle traveling with expired registration.

The officer conducted a traffic enforcement stop and contacted the driver, 48-year-old Hamlet Avetisyan of Tujunga. As Avetisyan was exiting the vehicle, he reached under the seat and officers observed a methamphetamine pipe. Assisting units arrived and Avetisyan was found to have a loaded firearm, six blank credit/debit cards with PINs written on the back, three gas cards with PINs written on the back and another individual’s identification card on his person.

A vehicle search produced two firearms (one loaded), three packages of heroin, seven Oxycodon pills, 11 re-encoded blank credit/debit cards with PINs written on the back, and a notebook containing personal identifying information for several individuals.

Avetisyan was subsequently arrested and booked for carrying concealed weapons, possessing controlled substances while armed, identity theft, possessing narcotics and controlled substance paraphernalia and for an outstanding warrant.

Two Arrested in Possession of Burglary Tools

On Dec. 3 just before 4:30 p.m., an officer assigned to Glendale PD’s Patrol Bureau located a vehicle traveling along the 200 block of South Central Avenue that was wanted out of another city for felony involvement.

The driver of the vehicle entered a parking structure and pulled up next to two parked vehicles in the area and activated the hazard lights. The officer then contacted and detained the driver, 25-year-old Jesus Ramos of Sun Valley, and passenger, 30-year-old Marcelo Ramirez of Los Angeles. Assisting units arrived and officers observed a large floor jack and reciprocating saw inside of the vehicle. Ramirez was found to have methamphetamine on his person. It should be noted that the vehicles that Ramos parked near are known to be targeted for catalytic converter thefts.

Ramos was arrested and booked for grand theft, possessing burglary tools and for driving without a license. Ramirez was arrested and booked for grand theft and possessing controlled substances.

Due to L.A. County’s emergency “zero-dollar” bail order, Ramos and Ramirez were both released with a notice to appear in court at a later date.