It wouldn’t normally be suspicious to stumble upon a man removing items from a storage unit, but the pair of bolt cutters and the broken lock lying nearby raised the suspicious of an Ider police officer, according to a news release sent out by Sheriff Jimmy Harris.
The region has suffered a string of storage unit break-ins, and officers have been working to uncover the identify of the thief or thieves responsible.
Upon further questioning, the suspect, Jason Gabriel Shavers, 33, of Flat Rock, admitted that he was breaking into the building to steal, the officer said later.
Investigators are trying to determine whether Shavers can help solve the handful of other storage building burglaries in the area.
Shavers is currently penned up in the DeKalb County Detention Center, where he is awaiting bond.