On Nov. 18 just after 4 a.m., a patrol officer conducted a traffic stop in the area of Bel Aire Drive and Western Avenue on a vehicle for having tinted front windows and no front or rear license plates. The officer contacted the driver, identified as 19-year-old Omar Brito of Los Angeles, for the violations.
Brito could not show the officer a driver’s license and was found to be unlicensed. The officer saw a wrench and a license plate inside the vehicle while talking to Brito. During the contact, the officer was advised by dispatch that the vehicle Brito was driving was recently impounded for evidence regarding a burglary arrest in another city.

A search of the vehicle revealed spark plug chips, two shaved car keys, a key fob to another vehicle and a pair of bolt cutters. Brito was arrested and booked for burglary, possessing burglary tools and driving without a license.