After a video went viral final week displaying a person crashing a marriage in Glendale after which taking off with a reward field containing about $60,000 in money and checks, police have been capable of establish and arrest two males in connection to this brazen theft.
Armean Shirehjini was arrested Thursday at his house in Sherman Oaks, together with Andranik Avetisyan, who resides in Los Angeles, in response to Glendale police detectives. Shirehjini is suspected of stealing the reward field, and Avetisyan was recognized because the alleged getaway driver on the night time of the marriage.
The theft occurred simply after midnight Aug. 31 on the Renaissance Banquet Corridor in Glendale. Video surveillance from the venue reveals a well-dressed man shifting casually by the marriage reception whereas company are on the dance flooring. He seems comfortable and even holds the door open for a number 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 by a aspect door.
“At that time, the music stopped, everybody was conscious of the scenario,” Nadeen Farahat, the bride, informed KTLA-TV. “It’s such a memorable and comfortable day and also you’re having a lot enjoyable. You don’t take into consideration these items. It’s the very last thing that might’ve been on anybody’s thoughts.”
George Farahat, the groom, informed 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 exterior the banquet corridor. Different video had clear photos of the person’s face throughout the wedding ceremony reception, which helped police establish and monitor down the suspects inside 5 days of the marriage.
In the course of the arrest final week, Shirehjini, the principle suspect, was discovered to be in possession of a handgun, police stated. A number of firearms and numerous medication have been additionally seized, and “detectives are nonetheless processing a major quantity of proof and can proceed their work by the weekend,” in response to a Glendale police report.
Glendale Police Sgt. Jose Barajas informed ABC-7 that detectives have been additionally capable of get better 26 checks and about $10,000 in money. (About $60,000 in money, reward playing cards and checks had been stolen in complete, in response to estimates from the newly married couple.)
It stays unclear why the couple was focused or whether or not the thieves had carried out an analogous wedding-venue crime earlier than.
Anybody with extra info associated to this investigation is urged to contact the Glendale Police Division housebreaking detectives at (818) 548-3127.
