Renting space in a self-storage center gave a 33-year-old woman the access she needed to forage to feed her drug habit.
According to the Mesa Police Department, on February 1, Mesa Police detectives arrested the 33-year-old, Cyndal Despain, after linking her to a series of storage unit burglaries at Dollar Self Storage, located at 2732 E. McKellips Rd Mesa, AZ.
Police say and her husband rented a unit at the facility, which gave her public access to the locks of several more units. Video surveillance showed her picking the lock on several units at the business.
One unit was accessed two times on two different occasions by DeSpain. The surveillance video shows her loading more than $20,000 in guitars, music equipment, and other stolen items into her vehicle.
A search warrant was served on DeSpain’s storage unit, which allowed detectives to recover many stolen items from reported and unreported unit burglaries.
DeSpain told detectives that she has an ability to pick locks and that she chose to burglarize storage units to support her drug habit.
DeSpain was booked into jail on 3 counts Burglary, a class 4 Felony.