Two people arrested on suspicion of breaking into storage units

Cody Manvilla; photo courtesy of Columbus Police Dept.

Columbus Police arrested two people early Friday morning after receiving a report of suspicious people carrying bolt cutters inside a storage unit facility. Lt. Matt Harris, department spokesman, says that officers responded to Storage Express, located at 2650 Eastwood Drive, shortly after 2 a.m. When they arrived, they reported finding a suspicious vehicle with a license plate that had been taken off the back of the car and placed inside the vehicle.

A short time later, the officers reported seeing the two suspects using a tool to enter one of the storage units. They were identified as 26-year-old Cody R. Manvilla, of Taylorsville, and 43-year-old Christina L. Michael, of Columbus. During the arrests police say they recovered a set of bolt cutters, along with and a number pad locks that had been cut.

Harris says that Manvilla was wanted on five outstanding local warrants. He says that both he and Michael were arrested on four preliminary

Christina Michael; photo courtesy of Columbus Police Dept.

counts of theft. The pair are being held on 48 hour holds as police continue their investigation.