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 had been capable of establish 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 keeping with Glendale police detectives. Shirehjini is suspected of stealing the present 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 exhibits a well-dressed man transferring casually by way of the marriage reception whereas company are on the dance ground. He seems comfy and even holds the door open for just a few 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 way of a aspect 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 joyful 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, instructed The Occasions that the person was clearly seen in surveillance recording, carrying the present field to a black Mercedes-Benz SUV ready in an alley exterior the banquet corridor. Different video had clear pictures of the person’s face throughout the wedding ceremony reception, which helped police establish and observe down the suspects inside 5 days of the marriage.
Through the arrest final week, Shirehjini, the principle suspect, was discovered to be in possession of a handgun, police mentioned. A number of firearms and varied medication had been additionally seized, and “detectives are nonetheless processing a big quantity of proof and can proceed their work by way of the weekend,” in keeping with a Glendale police report.
Glendale Police Sgt. Jose Barajas instructed ABC-7 that detectives had been additionally capable of get well 26 checks and about $10,000 in money. (About $60,000 in money, present playing cards and checks had been stolen in whole, in keeping with estimates from the newly married couple.)
It stays unclear why the couple was focused or whether or not the thieves had carried out the same 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.
