GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — More than 100 victims of storage unit thefts in Gwinnett County are waiting to find out if they’ll receive their items back after two people were arrested and one suspect remains on the run.
Jason Nackers and his family were devastated to find their storage unit broken into and four cherished guitars missing.
“It was awful,” Nackers said, describing the moment he saw the broken lock and empty space.
Inside their unit were guitars valued at $15,000 to $17,000. They belonged to his late father-in-law who had passed away just months earlier.
“That stuff meant obviously a lot to him and to my wife,” Nackers said.
Nackers' storage unit was one of more than 100 targeted by thieves earlier this month.
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Police arrested 21-year-old Shushune Arrington and 26-year-old Teshauna Lovett last week, while 33-year-old Niquay Dexter remains on the run.
“They were there for like three hours. So, they had a lot of time to pick through these units,” Nackers said.
Investigators believe the trio hit the Extra Space Storage facility on Old Norcross Road twice, on Dec. 4 and Dec. 6.
“I had made sure to put one of those like cut-proof locks on the storage unit, and it wasn’t enough,” he said.
On December 10, police found the suspects at a USA Storage Centers facility on Five Forks Trickum Road, where they recovered stolen property in a U-Haul.
Police say more than 50 units were hit there.
A spokesperson for ExtraSpace Storage wrote in a statement:
“Security is a top priority for Extra Space Storage. This was an unusual break-in by a coordinated group. However, due to the break-in, we are in the process of evaluating our security systems to improve security at this site, including adding additional security cameras, transitioning customer locks to cylinder hasps which make the units much harder to break into, and more.”
Nackers and his family are holding out hope that their guitars will be found while taking steps to better secure their remaining belongings.
“[I will] definitely be more vigilant about making sure that the next place has better security in place,” he said.