Suspects accused of $60,000 wedding gift theft in California arrested

GLENDALE California KCAL KCBS The two men alleged to have stolen about in wedding gifts in Glendale last week have been arrested according to functionaries The Glendale Police Department disclosed the arrests on Saturday morning following an study lasting about a week Video surfaced on Sept from the wedding of Nadeen and George Farahat where as guests were celebrating and dancing a man could be seen grabbing a box and running away from the reception area That box which the couple says was locked and secured contained about in cash and checks made out to the newlyweds Now police say they ascertained the man who did it and his getaway driver Armean Shirehjini was arrested at his Sherman Oaks home on Friday afternoon while administration executed a search warrant at his home Glendale police mentioned He s the primary suspect in the theft while another man alleged getaway driver Andranik Avetisyan was also arrested Neither has a criminal history police revealed During the execution of search warrants at each of their homes police identified large amounts of cash and checks made out to the Farahats Leadership also seized firearms and narcotics they mentioned When we did arrest these males they were exposed with several guns lots of narcotics stated GPD Sergeant Jose Barajas Not good guys from what it seems So we re happy to take them off the street Police also stated that they detected an all black outfit similar to what one of the individuals wore at the Farahats wedding while stealing the gift box The assessment remains ongoing police mentioned The exact nature of their prospective charges remains unclear They disclosed they re unsure of any connection between the defendants and the casualties We don t know of any connection We don t know if the couple was specifically targeted Barajas announced Like I mentioned there s various banquet halls throughout Glendale weddings every single weekend So they could ve just looked at the venue itself and picked that one and this just happened to be the couple that was picked No additional details were right away made available as investigators continue searching for a motive in the crime The Farahat Family shared a message with CBS News Los Angeles after they learned of the arrests While this episode was deeply upsetting we are grateful that is has brought out the kindness and solidarity of the entire public the declaration disclosed This was meant to be one of the happiest days of our lives and despite what happened we continue to hold on to the delight of celebrating with our loved ones