A 42-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection of a series of mail thefts in Studio City.

Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Van Nuys Community Police Station served a search warrant at the residence of the suspect, 42-year-old Sarkis Yaralyan of North Hollywood, around 11:40 a.m. Evidence related to the crimes was recovered there, police said.

Yaralyan was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

On Tuesday around 11 p.m., Van Nuys Area patrol officers responded to a radio call of a burglary suspect at Valleyheart Drive and Longridge Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, officers encountered a victim and a large group of people.

The victim told police that the suspect matched images shared on a community chat site of a mail theft burglar in the area, police

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