Methamphetamine

Darleene Barrientos Police busted up a suspected methamphetamine lab in a Glendale apartment, authorities said. Police received a tip that someone living in an apartment in the 700 block of East Acacia Avenue was allegedly selling drugs and obtained a search warrant, said Officer Maribel Sumner of the Glendale Police Department's vice/narcotics detail. In the apartment Thursday, police found a half-pound of methamphetamine and various amounts of cocaine, marijuana and Ecstasy pills, Sumner said.

The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department. Honolulu Avenue and Thompson Court A 34-year-old man was arrested Oct. 26 on suspicion of identity theft. Colorado Street and Fischer Street A 30-year-old man was arrested Oct. 26 on suspicion of receiving stolen property. Windsor Road and Pepper Way A 22-year-old man was arrested Oct. 26 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving on a suspended or revoked license, theft of lost property, and an outstanding warrant for violating a promise to appear in court or pay a fine.

¿The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department. AREA 1 1200 block of South Glendale Avenue Andrew Martinez, 18, was arrested Jan. 2 on an outstanding warrant for possessing drug paraphernalia. 500 block of Concord Street David Bradvica, 50, was arrested Jan. 2 on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine. 200 block of South Kenwood Street Gamlet Barakezyan Zhorzhevich, 24, was arrested Jan. 2 on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance.

methamphetamine A Glendale man has pleaded not guilty after being accused of giving away methamphetamine from the gas station where he worked. Shumon Islam, 28, was arrested Friday after Glendale Police officers received an anonymous tip that someone was allegedly selling drugs out of the Mobil gas station at 1700 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale Police Investigator Joe Allen said. After the department received the tip, patrol officers stopped a car coming from the station and found the passengers had methamphetamine, Allen said.

The following information was taken from police reports: 1500 E. Colorado St.: A 33-year-old Tujunga man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine. 400 block of South Brand Boulevard: A 47-year-old Glendale man reported Thursday that a cellphone worth $200 was stolen from his 2001 BMW sedan. Burchett Street and Central Avenue: A 23-year-old Glendale woman reported Thursday that a laptop and briefcase worth $2,200 were stolen from her 2005 Ford Escape.

Gretchen Hoffman MONTROSE -- Glendale narcotics officers searching a Montrose apartment found a stash of drug paraphernalia and arrested four others who showed up while they were there, police said. Officers found methamphetamine paraphernalia, marijuana and scales inside an apartment at the intersection of Montrose and Pennsylvania avenues on Tuesday, Investigator Manny Fernandez said. On the back porch, they found methamphetamine being converted to its crystallized form, Fernandez said.

A La Crescenta couple were arrested Sunday after officers found a physician's prescription notepads inside their home, police said. Police wound up at the home after they pulled over Sevak Mesrobian, 34, and found methamphetamine inside his car. Once at the home in the 3200 block of Altura Avenue, Mesrobian and Sofi Machandjyan, 31, were taken into custody when police found that prescriptions had been written out to Machandjyan for the painkiller...

A 32-year-old reputed gang member was arrested just after midnight Tuesday on suspicion of selling methamphetamine in Glendale with his ill 2-year-old son in tow, police said. Eric Lopez of El Monte was taken into custody on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine for sale and child neglect, according to Glendale police. Police said the child was ill and was not properly dressed for cold weather, so paramedics took him to Huntington Memorial Hospital. When officers detained Lopez, they also noticed the boy had defecated on himself and smelled like vomit, police said.

An unpaid taxicab fare led police to a motel room where they arrested two men and recovered multiple stolen items, officials said this week. The men - Hmayak Kurazyan, 27, of Glendale, and 31-year-old transient Michael Medina - pleaded not guilty Tuesday to separate charges stemming from their Jan. 13 arrest, according to Jane Robison, spokeswoman of the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Kurazyan faces three felony counts of second-degree vehicle burglary, a felony count of receiving stolen property, a felony count of possessing methamphetamine, a misdemeanor count of possessing burglary tools and one misdemeanor count of petty theft, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court criminal complaint.

Glendale police arrested a 40-year-old man after they seized roughly $2 million in methamphetamine and cocaine from a Santa Ana home after developing information about a large-scale sales operation, officials said Monday. Rigoberto Gil, 40, pleaded not guilty Monday to three felony counts of possessing methamphetamine and cocaine for sale, one felony count for transporting the drugs, another felony count for possessing the drugs and an AK-47 at the same time and four felony counts for possessing assault rifles - including the AK-47, two assault rifles and a Colt AR-15 rifle, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court criminal complaint.

A 30-year-old San Gabriel man was arrested this week after police discovered a half-pound of methamphetamine inside a cardboard box and more than $5,000 in cash inside his car, officials said. Binh Ly, a reputed gang member on probation for narcotics, was taken into custody about 11:16 p.m. Monday at Broadway and Pacific Avenue, according to Glendale Police Department reports. After police stopped him, Ly allegedly admitted to officers that he had a half-pound of methamphetamine and $5,320 inside his car, according to reports.

The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department. Honolulu Avenue and Thompson Court A 34-year-old man was arrested Oct. 26 on suspicion of identity theft. Colorado Street and Fischer Street A 30-year-old man was arrested Oct. 26 on suspicion of receiving stolen property. Windsor Road and Pepper Way A 22-year-old man was arrested Oct. 26 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving on a suspended or revoked license, theft of lost property, and an outstanding warrant for violating a promise to appear in court or pay a fine.

Police arrested three men on Monday after allegedly finding more than $400,000 worth of drugs, including opium, heroin and methamphetamine, inside their Los Angeles apartment. Brian Garcia, 25, Erick Gastelum, 28, and Jose Garcia, 50, were taken into custody about 4 p.m. on suspicion of possessing drugs for sale, Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. “They ran the gamut when it came to the drugs,” he said. Narcotics detectives seized 20 pounds of opium, two pounds of heroin, 1 1/2 pounds of methamphetamine, a pound of marijuana and a gram of cocaine inside their apartment in the 6600 block of North Figueroa Street, Lorenz said.

A group of men and women, including two parolees, was arrested this week after police allegedly found stolen identification and Social Security cards inside their hotel room, officials said. Jose Arviso, 35, Christine Sanchez, 33, Robert Peregrina, 24, and Silvia Medina, 33, all of Los Angeles, were staying at the Glen Capri Inn & Suites Monday in the 300 block of Colorado Street, where officers reported finding the cards, stolen checks, plastic baggies with remnants of methamphetamine and a revolver, according to Glendale police reports.

A 23-year-old man on probation for carjacking was arrested Monday after he allegedly helped two women try to steal merchandise from the Macy's at the Glendale Galleria and resisted officers, police said. Wilson Moreno allegedly struggled with police officers after they found a baggy containing a Versace card and methamphetamine inside his pant pocket and tried to arrest him. Moreno tried to break free from police restraints, prompting him and an officer to fall to the ground, according to police reports.