17-Year Old, 19-Year Old Arrested In Burbank Street Racing That Killed 3 People
Two weeks after a deadly crash in Burbank killed three innocent people, officers revealed that they have arrested two teen suspects.
The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office charged one of the street racing suspects, 19-year-old Burbank resident Hamlet Arseni Aghajanyan, who was driving the Kia, with three counts of murder and one count of reckless driving.
He was arrested and is being held on $6 million bail. Aghajanyan was expected to appear in court on Aug. 23.
The other suspect, who was driving the Mercedes Benz, is a 17-year-old minor, so their name was not released.
That individual was also taken into custody on Thursday and is being detained at a juvenile detention facility on three counts of murder and one count of reckless driving, pending review of the case by the D.A.’s office.
The minor is expected to appear in court on August 27, 2021.
According to Burbank police, surveillance cameras showed a Kia and a Mercedes Benz street racing when one of the cars slammed into a Volkswagen that was making a left turn. The incident happened August 3 around 11:50 p.m.
The Volkswagen, which was carrying four victims, split into several pieces and caught fire.
Along with the deaths, one other victim was left seriously injured. Victims were identified as 20-year-old Jaiden Kishon Johnson, 19-year-old Natalee Asal Moghaddam, and comedian Tony Baker’s 21-year-old son Cerain Anthony Raekwon Baker.
May these beautiful souls rest in peace.
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