Inside Self-Storage - Crime

Elderly Woman Crashes Car Through Oregon Self-Storage Unit

An elderly woman drove a car straight through a self-storage unit last Thursday at Umpqua Mini Storage in Roseburg, Ore. ...More

April 16, 2012

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Man Stabbed at Self-Storage Facility in Chico, Calif.

According to police, an unidentified man in his 30s was stabbed about 4 p.m. local at Chico U-Lock-It Self Storage in Chico, Calif., near Community Park and north of the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and E. 20th St. ...More

April 13, 2012

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Suspected Grenade Found at Georgia Self-Storage Facility Causes Brief Evacuation

Quality Storage on Atlanta Highway in Cumming, Ga., was evacuated for a short time Monday afternoon after a suspected grenade was found in an ammunition canister inside the building. ...More

April 11, 2012

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Video: Company President Fined $60K for Storing Toxic Waste at Austin, Texas, Self-Storage Facility

A company president pleaded guilty to Texas water-code violations for hazardous waste Friday after investigators found she was responsible for storing toxic acid in a 10-by-20 unit at Pond Springs Mini Storage in the northwest part of Austin. Christine Giese, president of ...More

March 26, 2012

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Wallet Protects Modesto, Calif., Self-Storage Employee from Gunshot Wound

A staff member at Modesto Mini Storage in Modesto, Calif., survived being shot during a robbery Wednesday evening when a bullet fired by the suspect hit his wallet, which shielded his thigh. ...More

March 23, 2012

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Canine Units Train at Illinois Self-Storage Facility

Ten law-enforcement canine units from the south suburbs of Chicago and northwest Indiana came to Crete Self Storage in Crete, Ill., in February for routine narcotics-detection training conducted by the Will County Sheriff's Department. ...More

March 7, 2012

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Brooklyn Police Release Video as Part of Self-Storage Stick-Up Investigation

Police have released surveillance video of a robbery at a Brooklyn, N.Y., self-storage facility, where as many as six suspects held a security guard at gunpoint while stealing from storage units. The incident occurred at iStore Green, 12 Hall St., from 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 ...More

March 1, 2012

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Oregon Self-Storage Facility Calls Bomb Squad to Remove Suspicious Object

The Eugene, Ore., bomb squad removed a suspicious object from Down Town Mini Storage after an auction buyer found the object among an abandoned unit's contents. The buyer left the object at the front counter. ...More

February 24, 2012

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Man Fined $300 for Animal Cruelty After Locking Cats in Self-Storage

A Chambersburg, Pa., man must pay $300 in fines and about $150 in court costs for putting two cats in a pet carrier and leaving them in a locked self-storage unit at Affordable Mini Storage in Chambersburg for four days in August 2011. ...More

February 22, 2012

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North Carolina Man to Pay 95K in Restitution for Self-Storage Thefts

The son of a self-storage owner in Marion, N.C., must pay $95,000 in restitution to some of the facility’s tenants after pleading guilty to several 2010 theft charges. Benjamin David Raymer, 31, who had been put in charge of running Fort Knox Climate Control Storage, ...More

February 15, 2012

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