KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department officers recovered an "enormous" amount of stolen goods after apprehending a suspect allegedly involved in a storage container scheme, the department announced Thursday.
Those goods have now reached a total estimate worth of about $250,000. KCPD took to Twitter to showcase some of the most interesting finds.
Our detectives have recovered another $250,000 in stolen items connected to the thief who has been breaking into storage units and installing “fake” locks to cover up the crime.
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— kcpolice (@kcpolice) April 18, 2022
"Detectives say the suspect, now in custody, would gain access to facilities by renting a storage unit," KCPD said in a release. "The suspect would then break into other storage units, steal goods, and install a replacement lock back on the victim's unit to hide the break-in."
KCPD said that because of the thief's methods, victims may still be unaware that goods were stolen from them.
"If you believe any of this property is yours, please file a police report in the jurisdiction from which your items were stolen. Once you have a case report number, you may then email metropropertycrimes@kcpd.org with a list of your stolen property," KCPD said.
So far, property has been recovered from several Kansas City area jurisdictions, including Kansas City, Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park, and Prairie Village.
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