Glendale couple comes home on Thanksgiving to find man burglarizing their apartment

A Glendale couple’s Thanksgiving was interrupted late last week when they encountered a man burglarizing their apartment.

The husband and wife had returned home to their apartment in the 1000 block of Winchester Avenue around 10:51 p.m. Thursday when they found the man, identified by police as 49-year-old Glendale resident Hamlet Abrahamyan, in their bedroom.

Police said Abrahamyan fled from the apartment with a pillow case filled with jewelry and personal items belonging to the couple.

The 25-year-old husband chased after him and eventually caught up to Abrahamyan in the 1000 block of Justin Avenue where he knocked the 49-year-old down and retrieved the pillow case.

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Officers and K-9 units from Glendale and Burbank police were called to the scene to search for Abrahamyan. He was eventually found hiding in the back seat of a vehicle in an underground parking structure.

Authorities said the couple positively identified Abrahamyan as the man they saw in their bedroom.

He was arrested for residential burglary and posted $50,000 bail.

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Andy Nguyen, andy.nguyen@latimes.com

Twitter: @Andy_Truc