{"id":1621762,"date":"2025-09-26T18:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/?p=1621762"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:06:56","slug":"storage-steal-woman-believes-burglars-targeted-her-unit-after-account-contact-information-was-changed-mdso-investigating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/investigations\/storage-steal-woman-believes-burglars-targeted-her-unit-after-account-contact-information-was-changed-mdso-investigating\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage Steal: Woman believes burglars targeted her unit after account contact information was changed, MDSO investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A South Florida woman had thousands of dollars worth of items stolen from a storage unit, and she wants the crooks who stole her stuff arrested. Now the Miami-Dade Sherriff’s Office is investigating. 7\u2019s Heather Walker investigates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two men were on a mission to steal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surveillance video obtained by 7Investigates shows the pair arriving at Extra Space Storage off Miami Gardens drive on June 29th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They enter the access code — which opens the gate — and drive in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truck backs into the loading zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men get out and keep their heads down to avoid cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An access code is entered again, which gets them inside the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They take two carts into the elevator and up to the second floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is where one of them makes a mistake — he looks straight at a camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You also see part of his accomplice’s face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They walk down a hallway — away from the camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You see sparks as it appears the lock to a storage unit is being cut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Ramon had her things inside that unit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Ramon: “They knew what they were doing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Walker: “Gabriela does not think this was random. She believes her unit was targeted because of the valuable items she had inside, and that the men knew what they were after.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an inventory list submitted to the insurance company — thousands of dollars worth of designer shoes and accessories, expensive sneakers and signed sports memorabilia were stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Ramon: “It’s very specific things — shoes, bags, footballs, jerseys. They pick and chose what they wanted to take. Total estimate I can give you from $20,000 to $30,000 of stuff that was in there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After breaking into the unit, the men head down the elevator, carts full of Gabriela’s belongings, and start loading them into the back of their truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gate goes up and they’re gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theft took less than an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Ramon: “I don’t think it was smart.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela got behind on rent payments, legally allowing the storage company to cut her lock and take these pictures of the interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A notice of lien was placed on her unit, but Gabriela still had time before the contents were made public for auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Ramon: “They’re supposed to give you 90 days, so I’m thinking in my mind as a consumer, ‘OK, I have 90 days to get this sorted out.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she never got the chance — because she discovered someone had changed her account contact information and paid off her balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that gave them access to her gate code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Ramon: “So if that person would have made a payment to my account and wouldn’t have changed my email and my phone number, I would have been notified, ‘Hey, your unit so and so was paid off.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for Extra Space Storage tells 7Investigates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“This was an unusual, targeted break-in that impacted one unit at this facility\u2026”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The company says the two men on video are not employees, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“We have no evidence that would point to any employees being involved\u2026” and the company has been “\u2026Supporting the authorities in their investigation\u2026”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Ramon: “I just hope they find who it is and how they were able to change my information. I want to get to the bottom of it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why finding these two burglars may be the key to unlocking the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Walker, 7News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities ask that anyone with information regarding the two men shown or their vehicle call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. The truck is a black Chevy Avalanche with a Texas license plate and damage to the right rear panel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONTACT 7 INVESTIGATES:<\/strong>
305-627-CLUE
954-921-CLUE
7Investigates@wsvn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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