A Minnesota man and woman were arrested Thursday night on charges related to a string of burglaries at storage units in Griffin and around Atlanta, police said.
The pair were found with stolen items that investigators estimate to be worth more than $100,000, as well as two stolen pet birds.
The suspects, 30-year-old Kevin Michael Izzi and 38-year-old Amy Lynn Glavan, were seen Monday breaking into multiple storage units at the Extra Space Storage at 643 North Expressway, Griffin police said in a news release. The two were captured on security video footage taking various items, police said. They were driving a GMC U-Haul van.
Griffin police began an investigation and found that Izzi and Glavan fit the descriptions of suspects in similar cases in the Atlanta area. In an email to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police spokeswoman Laurie Littlejohn said she believed Izzi and Glavan are wanted out of DeKalb County. Griffin police detectives have also been in touch with Atlanta police about the case, she added.
After finding that Izzi and Glavan might be connected to a series of similar burglaries, Griffin police began conducting surveillance in the area. On Thursday around 6:45 p.m., an off-duty officer spotted Izzi and Glavan at a pawn shop and alerted the surveillance team, police said. The officers were able to make contact with the two as they drove in separate cars that matched photos and video provided by Atlanta-area law enforcement. One of those cars was reported stolen, Littlejohn said, but investigators have not said where it was taken.
In the process of impounding and searching both cars, police discovered items estimated to be worth more than $100,000, the news release said. Inside one of the cars, investigators also found two exotically colored pet birds.
Izzi and Glavan were arrested and each charged with 20 counts of burglary and one count of theft by receiving, police said. Additional charges are expected as investigators work with agencies in the Atlanta area and potentially in other states, Littlejohn said.
Police are working to determine who owns the birds and have released photos of them to aid the investigation. Anyone who recognizes them is asked to contact the Griffin police’s Criminal Investigation Division at 770-229-6450.
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