Note: All suspects are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
Updated: 8/15/13
Elvis Is In The Building — Hiding In The Restroom
A man being searched by Burbank Police Officer after he was stopped for smoking in a “No Smoking” area on San Fernando Blvd. and Palm Ave., Saturday evening, made a break for it and tried to hide from police. It didn’t work. You can run, but you can’t hide from the Burbank Police Department.
An officer contacted the suspect, Elvis Kazaryan, 28, of Burbank, at 6:30 p.m., after he observed him illegally smoking. After he consented to being searched, the officer felt something in the pocket of his cargo pants consistent with drug paraphernalia. Kazaryan began moving his body so the officer couldn’t retrieve the item. When the officer attempted to put handcuffs on the suspect, he broke free and ran toward the Burbank Town Center.
Kazaryan ran to the entrance of the mall at Magnolia Blvd., and went inside. Trying to lose the pursuing officers, he ran through the food court and into the restroom. Several citizens told the officers where the suspect was hiding. Kazaryan was taken into custody when he came out of the restroom. Another citizen who was in the restroom indicated which stall the suspect had been in. Inside the stall officers found a baggy containing suspected heroin and narcotics paraphernalia.
Kazaryan was booked into the Burbank Jail for drug possession, resisting arrest possession of drug paraphernalia, and probation violation. It is unknown if he received a ticket for the smoking violation.
Drunk Man Attacks Officers
A man believed to be under the influence of alcohol attacked Burbank Police officers after they attempted to take him into custody Friday night in the 100 block of E. Palm Ave.
Police had been called at 10 p.m. to Buffalo Wild Wings, located at 127 E. Palm Ave., regarding a disturbance. They contacted Shahed Kalaleh, 26, of Glendale, outside the business. According to police, Kalaleh was belligerent and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. He was placed under arrest for public intoxication. While attempting to search the suspect, he refused to cooperate with the officers, and swung his elbows and kicked at them. He struck one officer in the chest with his elbow, and spat on another officer.
Once the suspect was controlled, officers found suspected Xanax and Hydrocodone. He did not have a prescription of the drugs. Kalaleh was arrested for drug possession, assaulting a police officers, felony resisting arrest, and disturbing the peace. He was booked into the Burbank Jail.
Man Arrested For Molesting Daughter
A Burbank man was behind bars, accused of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14,
after his teenaged daughter told police that he had molested her over a three-year period.
Due to concerns for the privacy of the victim, Burbank Police could not release much information about the case. However, they did confirm that the unidentified girl, who is now older than 14, but still a minor, had come to the front counter of the police station on Sunday, August 4, to report the crime. Detectives then began investigating her allegations, and ended up arresting the girl’s biological father.
Daniel Lee Gibson, 52, was arrested early Monday afternoon in Valencia. He was booked into the Burbank Jail for violating section 288.5(a) of the California Penal Code. The section covers continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, over a period of three months or more. Gibson’s bail was set at $250,000.
Stolen Loot Is Fools Gold
A suspected thief got the unwanted attention of police, after he tried to test jewelry taken from relatives was really gold.
The incident began around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, when Burbank Police Officers working crime suppression in the Island’s parking structure located at 133 E. Orange Grove Ave. noticed three men in a 2004 Pontiac hunched over the center console. When the officers approached the car, they found the men looking at several pieces of gold jewelry. It was eventually determined that the jewelry had been stolen from a family member. The suspect had asked the two other men to help him test to see if the jewelry was really gold.
During a search of the men turned up suspected heroin, drug paraphernalis, and several prescription pills. Angel P. Lesigues, 19, of Glendale was placed under arrest for possession of stolen property as well as a drug related charges, and booked into the Burbank Jail. His bail was set at $10,000. The other two men was not held.
Police Make Bust Outside Library
An officer conducting a routine check of the Central Library at 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd., around 5 p.m. August 2, found a group of men in the patio area next the library when people hang out smoking and drinking. Recognizing one of the men from previous contacts who was on probation, the officer stopped and got permission to search the man.
As a result, the officer recovered credit cards belonging to other people, and written identification information in the man’s possession. The suspect, Vartan Samani, 37,of Burbank, was placed under arrest for identity theft, and transported to the Burbank Jail. His bail was set at $50,000.
Apparently he wasn’t at the library to read a book.
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