Crime & Safety
Nearly $3,000 in Gaming Equipment Disappears From Public Storage
The victim said she lost five game consoles, a guitar and two TVs.
A 43-year-old South Chicago Heights woman got quite a surprise when she opened her storage shed Oct. 23.
Nearly $3,000 worth of items were missing from her shed at , 1505 Western Ave.
The items taken include:
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- Two 32-inch flat-screen TVs
- A Playstation 3 console
- A Playstation 2 console
- An Xbox 360 console
- An Xbox Kinect
- A Playstation guitar
- A Gamecube console
- A Nintendo DS
The woman told police she gave Rent-a-Center in Chicago Heights permission to enter her unit to remove other items.
A Rent-a-Center employee told police they only took the items the woman permitted them to, not any of the items listed above.
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