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Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Vehicle Theft, Possession, and Parole Violation

On October 26, 2021 just before 3:00 p.m., officers assigned to Glendale Police Department’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) observed a vehicle travelling with no front license plate. The officers activated their lights to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver (later identified as 37-year-old Arout Gazarian of Glendale) cut across traffic lanes, then drove through a parking lot on the 3800 block of San Fernando Rd., and finally yielded his vehicle near the intersection of San Fernando Rd. and Central Ave.

The officers approached the vehicle (also occupied by 37-year-old Ashley Alexander of Glendale). Throughout the investigation, officers learned that Gazarian was on active parole had two local warrants out for his arrest, and his driver’s license was suspended.

A search of Gazarian produced a baggie containing methamphetamine and a bindle of heroin. A vehicle search produced a zippered pouch containing a baggie of a crystalline substance, a bindle of a tarlike substance, a license plate, and a purse containing two cylindrical glass pipes with burnt residue. During the investigation, the officers learned that the vehicle Gazarian was driving had been reported stolen earlier in the month.

Gazarian was arrested and booked for his warrants along with violating the conditions of his parole, vehicle theft, possessing a controlled substance, possessing narcotics, and driving with a suspended license. Due to the fact that Alexander claimed ownership of the purse containing the glass pipes, Alexander was arrested for controlled substance paraphernalia.

*No photo of Alexander available*