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Male on Dirt Bike Armed with Loaded Handgun
Arrested for Illegal Drug Sales

On August 19, 2021 just after 2:00 p.m., due to complaints of speeding in the Brand Park area, the Glendale Police Department’s Traffic Bureau was conducting directed traffic enforcement in the area.  One particular complaint from residents in the area was regarding a male who had been illegally riding a dirt bike at high rates of speed on the streets.

During the operation, a lieutenant assigned to the Glendale Police Department’s Traffic Bureau was patrolling in the area of Mountain St and Thompson Ave when they observed a male riding a dirt bike on the road at a high rate of speed and without a helmet.

A traffic stop was initiated, but the motorcyclist failed to yield.  At one point, the motorcyclist, later identified as 35-year-old Dikran Mouradian of Glendale, tried to maneuver around the lieutenant’s marked police motorcycle, but lost control, dropping his bike onto the ground.  After this, Mouradian walked away from officers and became argumentative with them, refusing to comply with orders to stop.  Eventually an officer made contact with Mouradian and detained him in handcuffs.    

Assisting officers arrived on scene, and a search of a backpack Mouradian was wearing produced a loaded 9mm handgun, a plastic bag containing approximately one ounce of heroin, a bag containing methamphetamine, a digital scale, a glass bulbous pipe, and several hundred dollars in cash. 

Mouradian was subsequently arrested and booked for possessing narcotics for sale, possessing a controlled substance while armed, and obstructing.