Police arrest man for alleged mail theft, possession of drug paraphernalia

Nov. 13, 2015 5:33 PM PT

A 21-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he was caught on surveillance footage breaking into and stealing mail from an apartment building mailbox last month, officials said.

Detectives reportedly recognized the man, identified as probationer Abel Guzman, from a previous case, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.

He was arrested Thursday morning on the 400 block of Arden Avenue, where he was working at a commercial parking structure, Lightfoot said.

Police reportedly found a methamphetamine pipe on him and arrested him on suspicion of burglary and possessing drug paraphernalia. He also had two outstanding warrants for his arrest.

The burglary was reported last month in the parking structure of an apartment complex on the 1300 block of Columbus Avenue.

Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com

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Alene Tchekmedyian

Alene Tchekmedyian is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, focusing on accountability stories and writing about failures by officials to comply with transparency laws. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader.