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Three Males Arrested in Possession of a Loaded Handgun and Nitrous Oxide

On October 9, 2021 at approximately 4:30 p.m., officers assigned to Glendale Police Department’s patrol bureau were travelling near the intersection of Broadway Ave. and Chevy Chase Dr. when they noticed a vehicle in a nearby parking lot parked in a handicap parking space without displaying a handicap placard.

The officers contacted 21-year-old Cristhian Velasquez of Glendale who was seen leaning against the vehicle. Velasquez stated that the vehicle was not his, and his was parked in a non-handicap space. Velasquez then got into his vehicle (also occupied by 22-year-old Oscar Zamarripa and 22-year-old Jamil Castillo-Marroquin both of Glendale) and began to drive away when officers learned that Velasquez’s driver’s license was suspended. Officers asked Velasquez to stop his vehicle to which he complied.

Due to Velasquez’s driver’s license being suspended, officers requested a tow and a subsequent inventory search of the vehicle was conducted. During the search, officers located a bag on the driver’s seat floorboard containing a loaded handgun, a carbon dioxide cartridge and two carbon dioxide diffusers, a latex balloon, a bottle of promethazine with codeine, and two bottles of codeine solution all without a prescription.

Ultimately, Velasquez was arrested and booked for possessing a concealed firearm, possessing controlled substances while armed, and for driving on a suspended license. Zamarripa was arrested for possessing nitrous oxide. Castillo-Marroquin was arrested for possessing nitrous oxide and possessing narcotics.

During the contact with the three males, the driver of the car illegally parked in the handicap parking space returned to the vehicle and was issued a citation for the violation.

*No photo of Castillo-Marroquin available*