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Prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges Wednesday against two former Pacific BMW workers who allegedly took a high-powered sports car on the lot for a joyride, the Glendale News-Press reports.
A video of one of them gunning the vehicle down a residential street in Glendale was later posted on YouTube.
Vacheh Margoussian, 21, and Artin Yazidjian, 22, face misdemeanor charges for taking the car from the dealership, according to a complaint filed Wednesday by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Margoussian was also slapped with a misdemeanor reckless driving charge.
As a passenger, Yazidjian videotaped Margoussian driving at a high rate of speed down East Windsor Road, according to the complaint.
Glendale police detectives determined that the incident occurred on Aug. 12, and that the video was posted on YouTube the next day, said Sgt. Tom Lorenz.
Police were alerted to the YouTube video on Sept. 14, Lorenz added.
“The video was out there for some time before it got to us,” he said.
Pacific BMW officials said they immediately fired the two workers after they found out about the incident.
The men are scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 12 in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Glendale.