Photo Gallery: Mountain lion captured in La Crescenta

Glendale firefighters capture a mountain lion from John Yankosky’s La Crescenta home after it was sedated Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

April 11, 2013 5:35 PM PT

A ‘fairly large’ mountain lion that was spotted roaming in a La Crescenta neighborhood Thursday afternoon was tranquilized to be relocated in the wild, a state wildlife official said. Officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife were called in after the lion was spotted just before 2 p.m. and didn’t appear to be disturbing anything at the home in the 4500 block of New York Avenue.

Mountain lion captured in La Crescenta residential area

Marty Wall gets some shots ready before sedating a mountain lion that was roaming around a residential area in La Crescenta home Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

Marty Wall carries over a mountain lion after it was captured from John Yankosky’s La Crescenta home Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

A mountain lion was captured from John Yankosky’s La Crescenta home after it was sedated Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

Home owner John Yankosky brings a dolly for Glendale firefighters after a mountain lion was sedated in his yard in La Crescenta Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

Marty Wall walks to the front of a La Crescenta home after shooting a dart at a mountain lion that roamed around a residential area in La Crescenta Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

Alyssa Fortaleza, center, records video from her phone after hearing that a mountain lion was roaming around their neighborhood in La Crescenta Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

Residents wait outside of a La Crescenta home after hearing that a mountain lion was roaming around their neighborhoodThursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

A resident talks to the Department of Fish and Game after a mountain lion roams around her neighborhood in La Crescenta Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)

Residents wait outside of a La Crescenta home after hearing that a mountain lion was roaming around their neighborhood Thursday afternoon. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Staff Photographer)