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Office: 818-937-8888
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Email: GPDPIO@Glendaleca.gov

13 Storage Units Burglarized
Approximately $150,000 in Property Stolen

On August 22, 2021, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Glendale PD Patrol Officers responded to a public storage facility on the 5500 block of San Fernando Rd regarding a burglary in progress.  A caller advised dispatch that multiple storage units inside the facility had been burglarized and that the suspects were potentially still at the location.  Officers arrived on scene and attempted to locate the suspects, however; it was determined the suspects had already fled the location.

 While on scene, officers discovered approximately 13 storage units at the location had been burglarized or were damaged in an attempted burglary.  Items stolen from these units during the burglary (estimated to be valued at around $75,000) included sports and comic book memorabilia, collectible shoes and high-end electronics.  Officers were able to review surveillance footage from the facility and observed three males and two females make illegal entry into the facility earlier in the morning at around 7:45 a.m.  The suspects then used carts to load the stolen property from the storage units into waiting vehicles over the course of an hour before fleeing the location.

On August 23, 2021, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Glendale Police responded back to the location to take an additional burglary report.  After the prior burglary, one of the victims had repairs done to their unit and left the location later in the afternoon on August 22, just to be called by the storage facility on the morning of August 23^rd to be notified their storage unit had been broken into a second time.  Officers reviewed surveillance footage from the location and observed three suspects (that appeared to be the same suspects from the previous burglaries mentioned above) illegally enter the facility on August 22^nd at approximately 6:00 p.m. and break into the victim’s repaired storage unit again.  The suspects used carts to transport boxes of collectible shoes and comic books (estimated value of $75,000) to waiting vehicles, making several trips back and forth before fleeing the location.

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**If you recognize any of the suspects involved in this series of burglaries, the Glendale Police Department encourages you to call them at 818-548-4911.  If you wish to remain anonymous, call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 MOBILE APP,” or go directly to www.lacrimestoppers.org. **