After a video went viral final week displaying a person crashing a marriage in Glendale after which taking off with a present field containing about $60,000 in money and checks, police have been capable of determine and arrest two males in connection to this brazen theft.
Armean Shirehjini was arrested Thursday at his residence in Sherman Oaks, together with Andranik Avetisyan, who resides in Los Angeles, in accordance with Glendale police detectives. Shirehjini is suspected of stealing the reward field, and Avetisyan was recognized because the alleged getaway driver on the evening of the marriage.
The theft happened simply after midnight Aug. 31 on the Renaissance Banquet Corridor in Glendale. Video surveillance from the venue reveals a well-dressed man shifting casually via the marriage reception whereas company are on the dance flooring. He seems relaxed and even holds the door open for a couple of company.
The suspected thief, who was an uninvited visitor, went largely unnoticed till a bridesmaid noticed him seize the donation field from the banquet corridor and sprint out via a facet door.
“At that time, the music stopped, everybody was conscious of the scenario,” Nadeen Farahat, the bride, instructed KTLA-TV. “It’s such a memorable and completely satisfied day and also you’re having a lot enjoyable. You don’t take into consideration these things. It’s the very last thing that would’ve been on anybody’s thoughts.”
George Farahat, the groom, instructed The Occasions that the person was clearly seen in surveillance recording, carrying the reward field to a black Mercedes-Benz SUV ready in an alley outdoors the banquet corridor. Different video had clear pictures of the person’s face throughout the wedding ceremony reception, which helped police determine and observe down the suspects inside 5 days of the marriage.
Through the arrest final week, Shirehjini, the primary suspect, was discovered to be in possession of a handgun, police stated. A number of firearms and numerous medicine have been additionally seized, and “detectives are nonetheless processing a major quantity of proof and can proceed their work via the weekend,” in accordance with a Glendale police report.
Glendale Police Sgt. Jose Barajas instructed ABC-7 that detectives have been additionally capable of get well 26 checks and about $10,000 in money. (About $60,000 in money, reward playing cards and checks had been stolen in whole, in accordance with estimates from the newly married couple.)
It stays unclear why the couple was focused or whether or not the thieves had carried out an identical wedding-venue crime earlier than.
Anybody with extra data associated to this investigation is urged to contact the Glendale Police Division housebreaking detectives at (818) 548-3127.
