Duo from Denham Springs accused of stealing wedding gifts from storage unit

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A recent investigation into a burglary at a storage unit in Livingston Parish led to the arrest of two people.

Torrie D. Lacey, 44 and Jason Rex, 40 of Denham Springs were charged with simple burglary.

The investigation started on Aug. 2, 2025 when the Walker Police Department was asked to look into a reported burglary at a storage unit.

The storage unit was located on Walker South Road and it belonged to a recently married couple.

The couple said the storage unit contained their wedding gifts, an electric scooter, and other items. They returned to their unit a month after placing the items in the storage unit.

They said the storage unit was “nearly empty.”

The e-scooter had a GPS tracking device on it which led police to a trailer park on Walker South Road.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office accompanied the Walker Police Department and found that the e-scooter was not where they thought it was.

Walker PD said they later found out that Lacey was “a neighbor of the residence on Walker South Road to which the e-scooter had initially tracked was also a renter of a storage unit at the same storage facility used by the complainants.”

LPSO and Walker PD went back to the trailer park on Aug. 12 and found the duo at Lacey’s residence.

Rex said he was in possession of the e-scooter which was in a shed close by. The 40-year-old stated that he successfully bid for an abandoned storage unit.

The unit was located at the storage facility on Walker South Road where the e-scooter and other items were taken from. Rex said those items were located in the abandoned storage unit.

Law enforcement then got a search warrant which led to the discovery of many items in Lacey’s residence that belonged to the married couple, Walker PD said.

Another search was conducted on Buddy Ellis Road at Rex’s residence and items that belonged to the married couple were also found there.

Walker PD said that the storage unit belonging to the married couple was “accessed through the abandoned storage unit for which Rex was the successful bidder.”

The duo from Denham Springs was taken to the Livingston Parish Detention Center. Rex’s bond was set at $92,500 while Lacey was given a bond amount of $43,000.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office also booked Lacey and Rex on drug related charges, according to Walker PD.

The investigation remains ongoing and Walker PD said more charges are possible in this case.

“We are pleased to have been able to clear this burglary so quickly,” said Walker Police Chief David Addison. “Our Detectives and those of the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office did a great job of identifying the people responsible for this burglary and recovering so much of the stolen property. We are grateful for their hard work and dedication to protecting our City and this Parish.”

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