Man Who Blared Window-Rattling Horns For Months In Valley Neighborhood Arrested: LAPD

VAN NUYS, CA — A 50-year-old man who bewildered and angered his neighbors by repeatedly blasting train horns and a burglar alarm at his Van Nuys home was arrested on Wednesday night, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Gary Boyadzhyan is accused of causing the noisy disruptions intermittently since June, generating numerous complaints from neighbors on the 6600 block of Peach Avenue, northwest of Sepulevda and Victory boulevards. He was arrested on Wednesday evening and has since been released on his own recognizance, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

He was charged with causing a public disturbance, KCAL reported.

Boyadzhyan told KCAL he's been making the racket as part of a 12-year bid to get the LAPD's attention. He told Fox 11 that his ex-girlfriend's father has been torturing him for the past 20 years and he wants law enforcement to "do their job" and serve justice against the man.

KCAL reported he provided no proof, such as police reports, to back up his claims.

Neighbors told reporters that Boyadzhyan blasts a set of three train horns strapped to a palm tree and his home alarm system for several minutes on a daily basis.

“He does this periodically several times during the day,” neighbor Bob Donovan told KTLA. “It only shuts off when the air runs out because it’s blasted by air. Then he turns it back on. It has a range of 3.5 miles. It’s an actual train horn.”

Another neighbor told ABC 7 "it makes the windows rumble."

People who live on the block had posted signs urging others to call police when the horns are blaring, ABC 7 reported. An LAPD representative told Fox 11 before Boyadzhyan was arrested that it was hard to make a case against him because officers needed to observe the disturbance themselves.

“I do sincerely apologize to my neighbors,” Boyadzhyan told KTLA. “I, honestly to God, am so sorry to discomfort you guys in your own homes, but I don’t know what else to do.”

City News Service contributed to this report.