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Four Ex-Felons Arrested on Numerous Charges After Officers Locate Three Firearms in Vehicle

On September 21, 2021 at approximately 11:30 p.m., Glendale Police Officers on patrol noticed a vehicle parked on the 3800 block of San Fernando Rd. in a handicap parking space without a handicap placard.

The officers approached the parking lot and noticed the vehicle was occupied by two passengers, 38-year-old Priscilla Flores of West Covina and 33-year-old Roger Mendoza (transient). A male, later identified as 28-year-old Michael Carrillo (transient) and female, 33-year-old Hilary Sullivan of Phillips Ranch, were seen walking away from a nearby ATM machine toward the vehicle.

While the officers were speaking with Carrillo (who initially provided false names), they noticed he had a pocket knife clipped to his pants. A search of Carrillo produced an access card and the key to the illegally parked vehicle. Sullivan also initially provided officers with a false name.

Assisting officers arrived. On the rear passenger seat, in plain view, officers located a loaded ghost gun. A subsequent search of the vehicle produced two more loaded firearms, a firearm silencer, a high capacity magazine, a box of ammunition, over 70 blank access cards, one re-encoded access card, two methamphetamine pipes, one jar of cannabis, one baggie of methamphetamine, and several items of stolen mail. Mendoza was found to be in possession of a window punch.

During the investigation it was discovered that all four individuals had previously been convicted of a felony. Officers learned that Carrillo was on active probation and had multiple warrants out for his arrest and Sullivan was on active parole.

Carrillo, Sullivan, Flores, and Mendoza were all arrested and booked on numerous charges including for carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle with a prior felony, being an ex-felon with a firearm, identity theft, possessing controlled substances while armed, and owning ammunition when prohibited.