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Convicted Felon Arrested for Possessing a Loaded Handgun

On July 24, 2021, at approximately 9:27 p.m., a Glendale PD patrol officer observed a vehicle exit the parking lot of a motel along the 1400 block of E Colorado St.  As the driver made his turn onto Colorado St, he did not use his turn signal and the vehicle also did not have a front license plate attached to it.

A records check of the license plate on the vehicle revealed who the registered owner was and a records check on the registered owner revealed he had multiple outstanding arrest warrants.  A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle for the observed violations and the vehicle yielded.  Once stopped, the driver, later identified as 41-year-old Jamie Tillett of Pasadena, without being asked, exited the vehicle.  Officers quickly detained Tillett and he verbally identified himself as “Jamie,” the registered owner of the vehicle.  Also upon detaining Tillett, officers observed a knife sticking out of his pocket.

Officers asked Tillett if he had anything illegal inside of his vehicle and he told them he had a “gun” in his vehicle.  During a search of Tillett’s vehicle, officers recovered a loaded unregistered handgun along with an additional magazine that was loaded along with a stun gun/metal knuckle device.  Tillett was subsequently arrested and booked for multiple charges including being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a firearm, ammunition and a stun gun.