LOS ANGELES—Continuing his office’s focused enforcement of the Mayor’s Executive Order during the COVID-19 crisis, City Attorney Mike Feuer today announced criminal filings against another 10 allegedly non-essential businesses for operating after they were warned to close.
"The Mayor’s Safer At Home Order is working," said Feuer. "But all non-essential businesses need to comply, without exception. The sooner we achieve maximum compliance—from businesses and residents alike—the sooner all Angelenos can get back to work and resume our normal routines."
"Angelenos and the businesses that serve them have overwhelmingly embraced Safer at Home — and we can’t allow a few to put entire communities at risk," said Mayor Eric Garcetti. "Voluntary cooperation is always the goal, but we won’t hesitate to take stronger action when it becomes necessary to keep people safe."
Feuer’s Office filed the following criminal cases:
1. 0CJ01169
My Smoke Shop at 22876 W. Ventura Blvd.
Defendant 1: Avetik Grigoryan
Defendant 2: Makaros Makarosyan
2. 0CJ01176:
Studio City Smoke Shop at 11046 Ventura Blvd.
Defendant: Arthur Papazyan
3. 0CJ01173:
Lincoln Tobacco at 608 Lincoln Blvd.
Defendant: Tami Aboud aka Tami Abdumasi Rezkalla
4. 0CJ01175:
Mike's Smoke Shop at 12038 Burbank Blvd.
Defendant: Grachiya Baltayan aka Mike Baltayan
5. 0CJ01177
Drip N Vape at 23706 Victory Blvd.
Defendant 1: Tarik Dugam
Defendant 2: Jake Kail
6. 0VW02709A/B/C
Bellagio Express Car Wash 6344 Sepulveda Blvd
Defendant 1: Farzad, Nourollah
Defendant 2: Bellagio Express Car Wash
Defendant 3: Michael Eric Solano
7. 0VW02710
Spa Castle Massage 19644 Sherman Way
Defendant: Hungsia Yang
8. 0CJ05967
Henney’s Printing, 4166 Verdugo Road
Defendant 1:Luis Pena
Defendant 2: Henney’s Printing
9. 0CJ05977
Vantage Green Professional Auto Detailing, 2700 N. Eastern Ave.
Defendant: Carlos Valdez
10. 0CJ05986
Discount Beauty Supply, 8600 South Hoover
Defendant: Joyce Choi
These new filings follow four additional cases Feuer’s office brought against businesses earlier this month:
0CJ05965
DBA Business Discount Electronics, 556 S. Broadway
Defendant: Behrooz Nabati
0CJ05964
Hot Box Smoke Shop, 9115 S. Western
Defendant: Kevin Sylvester
0CJ05962
DTLA Smoke Shop, Inc., 223 1/2 W. 6th St.
Defendant: Natali Mishali
0CJ05963
Brother Shoes, 818 W. Slauson, Unit B
Defendant: Zoila Martinez-Ortiz
Feuer’s office has been a national leader in grappling with wide-ranging aspects of the COVID-19 crisis, including targeting price gougers and misleading and/or false advertising claims from purported cures to at-home testing kits.