UPDATE: Charges dismissed against woman accused of locking boyfriend in a Monroe storage unit for days
UPDATE:
MONROE, NC – Charges have been dismissed against a woman who had been accused of locking her boyfriend in a Monroe storage unit for several days.
Robin Deaton was charged with first degree kidnapping and attempted first degree murder after Gary Oxendine told police she locked him inside a unit at Cooper Storage on Old Charlotte Highway for four days following an argument.
According to court documents, prosecutors dismissed the charges on March 6, 2025 because Oxendine changed his story a day after police rescued him from the storage unit.
The documents say Oxendine changed his story a second time several days later.
In an affidavit, Oxendine said “I now state that I have not been honest and that I have lied to law enforcement and in so doing have made it impossible for law enforcement and the District Attorney’s office to further pursue charges against Robin Deaton.”
PREVIOUS UPDATE:
Monroe, NC – Robin Deaton has been arrested and charged after police say she locked her boyfriend in a storage unit for four days.
Jail records show her being booked into the Mecklenburg County Jail at 5:48 am on Thursday.
Deaton is charged with kidnapping and attempted first degree murder.
According to court records, Deaton is expected in court for a hearing in March.
ORIGINAL STORY:
MONROE, NC – A woman is wanted for locking her boyfriend inside a storage unit for several days in Monroe.
Police say Robin Deaton locked the man inside a unit at Cooper Storage on Old Charlotte Highway following an argument. Deaton is facing attempted murder and kidnapping charges.
“She asked him to get something from the back of the storage and it was described as being a hoarders paradise situation so he climbed over into the back and when he did she locked him in there and left him,” Lt. Morgan Malone from Monroe Police said.
The victim says he lost in phone in the storage unit and had lost track of time. he believed he was locked inside for a week.
“My girlfriend locked me in here. She double locked my lock, and I don’t know how she put me in here, but she put me in here,” the victim said on the 911 call.
He called 911 on Monday and police cut off the padlocks to free him.
“I just need out of here. I can’t, I’m I just can’t breathe. I haven’t had nothing to drink or anything,” the man said on the 911 call.
Police say the man was dehydrated, but otherwise okay.
“Fortunately, the weather has been mild since then, if it has been the heat of summer or really really cold it would have been and entirely differently story,” Lt. Malone said.
There are currently warrants out for Deaton’s arrest.
