February 27, 2023 Glendale, CA 

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The Glendale Police Department arrested a male suspected of a Home Depot armed robbery. Last Tuesday (2/21/2023), an armed robbery occurred at a Home Depot in the 5000 block of San Fernando Road in Glendale. Within the first hour of the store opening, a male entered the location and immediately went looking for the store manager. Once he found the manager, the suspect lifted his shirt, revealing a firearm and ordered him to open the vault. The suspect loaded money from the safe into an orange Home Depot bucket and fled out of an emergency exit. Glendale Police Officers arrived within minutes but were unable to locate the male. Home Depot estimated the suspect got away with up to $50,000 in cash. Glendale Police Department Robbery/Homicide Detectives immediately began an investigation. They identified 47-year-old Raymundo Bretado of Rancho Cucamonga as the male seen in the surveillance video. They also had a lead on his whereabouts. Within 48 hours, Bretado was under arrest for Armed Robbery. During the arrest, detectives located a replica firearm, several thousand dollars in cash, and an orange Home Depot bucket. Bretado is currently being held without bail pending his arraignment.