Overview

• Burbank police responded to a welfare check near an Islands restaurant and located Rodriguez and a female passenger in a downtown parking structure.
• Officers reported uncovering alprazolam and heroin in the woman’s bag and Xanax with suspected fentanyl in Rodriguez’s vehicle.
• Rodriguez was booked overnight at Burbank City Jail, released the next morning with a citation and scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 5.
• His attorney has denied ownership of the drugs, reiterating previous claims of his full cooperation during the March arrest.
• The August incident echoes a March stop in Burbank that ended with the city attorney dropping charges for insufficient evidence.