{"id":4244,"date":"2025-10-15T04:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4244\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T04:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:44:08","slug":"storage-unit-burglars-steal-san-antonio-military-familys-irreplaceable-valuables-victim-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4244\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage unit burglars steal San Antonio military family\u2019s \u2018irreplaceable\u2019 valuables, victim says"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio military family is among the victims of nearly half a dozen storage unit burglaries that have happened within the past week at a facility on the Southeast Side.<\/p>\n

>>> Burglars cut through metal walls of Northeast Side storage units; local veteran among victims<\/a><\/p>\n

According to San Antonio police data, 13 break-ins have been reported so far this year at the Public Storage on Old Corpus Christi Road near Southeast Military Drive. <\/p>\n

Five of the burglaries happened within the last week.<\/p>\n

Joaquin Flores says his storage unit was one of those burglarized this past weekend. <\/p>\n

Flores pointed out an open space, approximately three feet tall, at the top of each storage unit\u2019s walls, which he says people can easily climb over and enter undetected.<\/p>\n

While he has a lock on the front door of his unit, Flores said the storage facility uses a single bolt to secure the back door.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they did is they went over (the wall). They took the bolt off,\u201d Flores said.<\/p>\n

He believes the burglars then took their time going through boxes of his items.<\/p>\n

\u201cA thousand, $1500 worth of tools,\u201d Flores said. \u201cA Craftsman tool set, that by itself was worth, like, $900.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flores and his wife had rented out the space to hold their treasured items while they traveled.<\/p>\n

What hurts the most, Flores said, is the loss of items he considers irreplaceable: family photos and more than two decades worth of military records and honors. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy service dress that I was planning to be buried in, they took that,\u201d Flores said. <\/p>\n

KSAT 12 News has recently covered other storage unit break-ins<\/a>, including some where suspects entered units by cutting through corrugated steel walls.<\/p>\n

In Flores\u2019 case, he believes the suspects simply walked through a door in the building, which he says has been broken for weeks.<\/p>\n

KSAT left a voicemail on Tuesday afternoon requesting a comment from Public Storage\u2019s corporate office. So far, no one has returned that call. <\/p>\n

Read also<\/p>\n

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