On July 24 just after 2 p.m., officers assigned to the Glendale Police Department’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) were patrolling in the area of Central Avenue and Colorado Street when they discovered that a vehicle driving near them had been reported stolen on July 13.

As the officers were behind the vehicle, it suddenly pulled into a parking lot and stopped. Officers ordered the driver and three passengers out of the vehicle. A search of the vehicle produced a glass pipe, shaved vehicle keys (commonly used to steal vehicles), syringes and other drug paraphernalia.

The driver, identified as 27-year-old Anthony Mora of Los Angeles, and all three passengers – 32-year-old Amanda Aguilar of Los Angeles, 40-year-old Manuel Delgado of Glendale and 34-year-old Sandra Poot of Pasadena – were arrested and booked for vehicle theft. Aguilar was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and the charge was added to her booking. Upon a booking search of Delgado, officers discovered credit cards that were not his and added an identity theft charge to his arrest. Delgado was also booked for possessing burglary tools and was found to have a no bail post-release community supervision (PRCS) warrant. 

Poot was also booked for possessing narcotics and an outstanding warrant. During a booking search of Poot, officers located a glass pipe in her waistband and added a charge to her arrest for bringing a controlled substance into jail.

Mora, Aguilar and Poot were all released from custody with a notice to appear in court due to the County of Los Angeles’s emergency “zero dollar” bail schedule. 

Delgado remained in custody.