ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was not the trip one man driving through Albuquerque expected: his U-Haul full of priceless items from one of his favorite bands was stolen.
Ryan Jonik said he’s out more than $50,000 from the items stolen, not to mention the sentimental value. He is thankful though that some of his stuff was recovered. “I was like, this is gone. Probably never going to see it,” said Jonik.
Jonik was moving his family’s belongings from Los Angeles to their new home in Charleston, South Carolina over the weekend. When he stopped in Albuquerque to get some sleep, he woke up to find his U-Haul and SUV behind it taken from the parking lot of his Uptown hotel. “It was in a well-lit area. Right by the entrance. I wasn’t really thinking anything of it. I went to bed. I woke up around 2:30 and I was like, ‘Should I go check on the truck.’ I was like, ‘No everything is going to be fine.’”
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On Sunday morning, he woke up to the U-Haul gone and SUV gone. Luckily, some items had AirTags and the vehicle had a GPS…