Police records show 13 reported burglaries this year at a Public Storage location in North Texas. One indoor unit was hit twice by break-ins
Craig Snyder and Angela Kirkwood’s dream of opening a game room was about to become a reality when two back-to-back burglaries of their Fort Worth indoor storage unit put their plans on hold.
The couple rented the Public Storage unit at 625 Stella St. in late September to store items they’d bought to furnish their game room. Snyder, from Florida, planned to move to Fort Worth at the end of October and secure the game room location. Kirkwood, who already lives in the area, found the Public Storage unit where she thought their things would be safe.
Police records list a total of seven burglary victims at that location Monday without specifying the number of units affected.Their storage unit items were insured through, Kirkwood said, which is a subsidiary of Public Storage. The insurance claims examiner instructed Kirkwood to leave the rest of the items in the unit. Kirkwood agreed and put a new padlock on the door before leaving the premises Monday.
Kirkwood said she found the broken lock inside the unit, which was nearly empty after the second burglary. Kirkwood and Snyder estimate they lost about $50,000 worth of video game equipment and related items in the two break-ins. “That was very upsetting to hear him like trying to get this person to sign up with them anyway, as I was, you know, losing all of my stuff,” Kirkwood said.Kirkwood also questions why she wasn’t told about the break-ins sooner. She learned from Fort Worth police that the first break-in happened around 4:30 a.m. Monday. The facility opens at 6 a.m., and the property manager arrives at 9 a.m., but Kirkwood said no one called her until 2 p.m.
Kirkwood said they are still trying to get the details of their insurance claim worked out with Orange Door. They’ve been told it’s a covered loss of up to $5,000.
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