Inside a stolen car, police find 2 ‘sweating and trembling’ men with more stolen items

A resident’s phone call to police led officers to a car full of stolen belongings and mail, along with United States Postal Service gear and burglary tools, police said.

Shortly before midnight on Sunday, someone asked police to check on two men inside a parked car that looked suspicious on the 600 block of West Harvard Street, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Robert William. Officers discovered that the car, which didn’t have a front license plate, was stolen from Louisiana.

When police approached two men inside, identified as Cesar Lopez, 37, and Eduardo Hernandez, 29, they were “sweating and trembling,” William said. The duo told police they’d borrowed the car and denied being involved in burglaries or thefts.

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Lopez, who was on probation, reportedly had on a U.S. Postal Service hat, which he said he found inside and wore because his head was cold.

In the car, police reportedly found methamphetamine, red and blue police strobe lights, stolen mail, a U.S. Postal service duffel bag, gloves, cutting tools, cameras, an identification card from Belgium and a new remote-controlled helicopter, among other items.

The pair was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft, burglary, possessing burglary tools and receiving stolen property. A woman sitting in the back seat of the vehicle was not arrested.

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Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com

Twitter: @atchek

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