Inside Self-Storage - Crime

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

Posted in News, Management

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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Southern California Man Convicted in Self-Storage Murder Case

A jury in Glendora, Calif., found a man guilty last week for murdering his father with a dumbbell in a self-storage facility in Irwindale, Calif., in September 2010. ...More

February 6, 2012

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Self-Storage Manager Plays Pivotal Role in Michigan Murder Trial

The resident manager of Allsafe Mini Storage in Lansing, Mich., is a key witness in a murder trial in which a man is accused of killing a retired detective and his wife Sept. 22, then accessed a self-storage unit to store items stolen from the victim’s home. ...More

February 3, 2012

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Police Uncover Skeleton in Tampa Bay-Area Self-Storage Unit

This week the skeletal remains of a woman who died in 1995 were discovered this week in a unit at U-Stor Self Storage in Clearwater, Fla. ...More

January 27, 2012

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Homeless Man Locks Dogs in NY Storage Unit

A 56-year-old homeless man in Rotterdam, N.Y., has been charged with animal cruelty after locking four pit bulls in a storage unit at Rotterdam Self Storage without food, water or heat. ...More

January 4, 2012

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MD Self-Storage Manager Charged With Stealing, Later Reported Missing

A self-storage manager in Pocomoke City, Md., who allegedly stole nearly $6,000 from Pocomoke Mini Storage, has been reported missing. ...More

January 3, 2012

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Christmas Gifts Stolen From NV Self-Storage Unit

A family in Elko, Nev., is distraught after discovering a thief broke into their self-storage unit at AAA Self Storage and stole Christmas presents. ...More

December 23, 2011

Posted in News, Management

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