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Man Sentenced To 12 Years in Prison For Breaking Into Multiple Storage Units

A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for burglarizing a storage facility on two occasions and stealing various items. Security footage helped police identify the man, John Obanion, who had a criminal history. He pled guilty to multiple counts of burglary of a building.

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Man Sentenced To 12 Years in Prison For Breaking Into Multiple Storage Units

A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for burglarizing a storage facility on two occasions and stealing various items. Security footage helped police identify the man, John Obanion, who had a criminal history. He pled guilty to multiple counts of burglary of a building.

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JARVIS PARSONS

DISTRICT ATTORNEY
BRAZOS COUNTY TEXAS
Press Release
For Immediate Release April 13, 2024

Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Burglary of Storage Facility

Bryan, TX - On enforcement and re-


Wednesday, April 10, turned to the respective
Contact: owners.
2024, John Obanion
pled guilty and was The Brazos County
Jessica Escue
sentenced to 12 years Sheriff’s Office was
Phone: 979-361-4320 in prison for multiple made aware of the inci-
counts of Burglary of a dent when the owner of
After Hours: Wixon Valey Mini
Building.
979-220-4841 Storage called law en-
In September 2023, forcement the morning
Twitter: after the units had been
@BrazosCountyDA
Obanion Wixon Valley
Mini Storage on two burglarized. . John Obanion
Email: separate occasions.
The Sheriff’s Office He was currently on parole
[email protected] During the first inci- for a prior prison sentence
dent, Obanion broke were able to identify
the defendant after re- for possession of a con-
into three storage units trolled substance when this
by using bolt cutters to viewing footage from
several security camer- crime occurred.
break the locks. Obani- Burglary of a Building is
on then left the storage as located on the stor-
age facility property. normally a state jail felo-
facility but returned a ny, but because of the de-
few hours later. He After making the iden-
tification, officers ob- fendant’s criminal history,
proceeded to burglarize his punishment was en-
additional storage units tained a search warrant
for Obanion’s resi- hanced to a 2nd degree
at that time. felony.
dence. In executing the
Between the two inci- search warrant officers
were able to locate and This case was investigated
dents, Obanion stole a by Lt. Steven White with
Ryobi Auger, a Sam- seize all of the property
taken. the Brazos County Sher-
sung 55 inch curved iff’s Office. Assistant Dis-
TV, a 20 inch TV, a trict Attorney Rachel Por-
tool box, a circular The defendant’s crimi-
nal history consisted of ter prosecuted the case on
saw, and an angle behalf of the State of Tex-
grinder. All items taken convictions for theft,
and domestic violence. as.
were collected by law

“The defendant stole from honest, hard working peo-


ple on multiple occasions. This defendant has chosen
to make a habit out of committing crimes in Brazos
Brazos County Courthouse
County and that behavior will not be tolerated.”
300 E.29th St. Suite #310
Bryan, TX 77803
- Rachel Porter, Assistant District Attorney

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