A 26-year-old Cheyenne man facing several burglary charges reportedly told police his strategy for choosing which storage units to break into was simply to drive by and say, “Eenie, meeny, miny, mine.”
When detectives asked Camden Girone how he got so good at breaking into storage units, his response was simple: “I’m a tweaker in Cheyenne, Wyoming,” according to an affidavit of probable cause filed in Laramie County Circuit Court.
Girone made his first appearance in circuit court on Tuesday, and authorities didn’t have to go far to catch up with him — he was already in the Laramie County Detention Center on other charges of felony aggravated burglary, possession of burglar’s tools, and possession of a controlled substance.
He was arrested April 10 on those charges and had a first appearance on those on April 13.
He also told investigators he would be at little choosy with what he’d take from storage units, namely items he could sell. He also gave some fo the guns away, the affidavit says.
‘I’m A Piece Of …'
The investigation began April 4 when a couple reported that about 29 guns — including rifles, shotguns and handguns — along with crossbows, swords and ammunition had been stolen from their Cheyenne storage unit.
They told police the side lock of their storage unit had been ground off and a new lock, not theirs, had been placed on the door.
About one week later, Girone — who was out on bond for previous drug offenses — was arrested on the other charges he was in jail for. According to the affidavit, Girone confessed to breaking into storage units on the day he was arrested, which was April 10.
During the arrest, police recovered five swords, a crossbow, a driver’s license and debit cards belonging to the storage unit owners, and shotgun shells in a U-Haul trailer Girone was pulling with a truck, the affidavit says.
It’s the same truck security cameras captured pulling into the storage facility a week prior, the document adds. He was also in possession of a .22-caliber revolver and a semiautomatic handgun.
In an interview following his arrest, Girone told detectives he had broken into three or four storage units in the week leading up to his initial arrest, according to the affidavit.
Girone said when he would break into the units, he wouldn’t take everything, only a few things that he believed he could sell or pawn.
“I’m a piece of shit, but not a total piece of shit,” he said, the affidavit says.
Up To 275 Years
Girone also admitted to stealing a .22 semiautomatic handgun, a tote filled with clothes, batteries for a camera but no camera, a large welder, stackable toolboxes, possibly a set of sockets, no more than 10 guns — mostly pistols — a crossbow, five swords and a box of ammunition.
Detectives asked Girone if had a main hook-up that he gave guns to, and Girone said, "No, No … not that I know of …” the affidavit says.
Per the affidavit, Girone said gave some of the guns to a friend of a friend, whose number he got through a friend, "And beyond that I will want my lawyer."
Girone is ineligible to own or possess firearms as a previously convicted felon.
He is being held at the Laramie County Detention Center facing another 11 counts of aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon, two counts of grand theft, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and a third-time possession of a controlled substance.
The aggravated burglary charges, if convicted, could get Girone five to 25 years in prison for each, meaning the maximum he could get would be 55-275 years if given concurrent sentences.
