Oct 02, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Police say an Arkansas man rented a self-storage unit on American Way and a day later broke into 11 other units on the property and stole over $62,000 worth of items. Eric Branson Williamson, 45, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, was booked in the Shelby County Jail on Wednesday for theft between $60,000 and $250,000. Eric Williamson(SCSO) The burglaries happened at Devon Self Storage on September 26. Police said Williamson disabled most of the surveillance cameras at the business but was caught on camera driving into the storage facility on the day of the thefts and leaving with one of the victims' $5,000 trailers attached to his pickup truck. Employees said Williamson also used a personal code to open their gate. Elizabeth Barrera said Williamson ransacked her storage unit and took $9,000 worth of jewelry, designer purses, shoes, and electronics. Elizabeth Barrera's ransacked storage unit. Courtesy: Elizabeth Barrera. "Apparently, all of the stolen stuff was in that trailer," said Barrera. "When I got there, he went through everything. I lost a lot of stuff. I'm more than sure I'm not getting any of it back." Investigators said Williamson also took a 2020 Harley Davidson and motorcycle parts valued at nearly $48,000 and a $700 Husky air compressor from another unit. Barrera said her insurance will only cover about half of what she lost. "I know the lady at the storage facility said why I would put a lot of valuables in there -- because that is what storage is for. I'm in a situation right now where I can't have my valuables with me," Barrera said. Police chase ends in Bartlett crash; suspects captured, MPD says Shelby County court records show that 2015 Williams was accused of breaking into the same storage facility on American Way and stealing $5,000 worth of items from a unit. In 2021, Williamson pleaded guilty to several counts of burglary of a building and was sentenced to seven years of confinement. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges on Thursday.
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