"We'd be most satisfied to see him locked up for a real long time. There's no telling how many more people he's going to do this to," she said.

Lesley College Hit, Too

Students at Lesley College in Cambridge have also had problems with All-Pro. Michael MacNeil, director of security for Lesley, said that two Lesley students had items not returned by All-Pro. MacNeil declined to identify the students or say what had been stolen.

"All-Pro does not appear to be a legitimateorganization," MacNeil said, adding that he hascontacted Harvard police to discuss theinvestigation.

All-Pro, which had advertised itself tostudents as being based in Cambridge, is notlisted in the greater Boston phone directory anddoes not have a listing with directory assistance.

Alexander and Sons Gone

Students who paid Alexander and Sons/CastleStorage upwards of $250 for its pick up, storageand delivery service appear only slightly morefortunate.

Although the approximately 200 Boston-areacollege students who stored with the company hadto drive rental trucks to Brookline to retrievetheir stored goods, nothing has yet been reportedstolen, police said.

Alexander and Sons/Castle Storage appears to bea victim more of economic difficulties than ofcriminal intentions. "He ran out of money and hadtruck trouble," Estes said.

Jose M. Hernandez '94, who stored both his andhis fiancee's belongings with Alexander andSons/Castle Storage, said he was thankful merelyto have been able to retrieve his property.

"We were very fortunate we retrievedeverything. Nothing's missing, nothing's broken.We're very, very fortunate--it could have beenmuch worse," Hernandez said.

Hernandez, like other Harvard students, paid$38 to rent a U-Haul truck to drive back hisproperty from Village House Storing in Brookline,where Alexander and Sons had sublet storage space.

"They never let us know that they were goingout of business," Hernandez said said. "When I didcall there was a phone runaround."

Alexander and Sons/Castle Storage, based inBrighton, is listed at a phone number which is notin service and could not be reached for comment.At Village House Storage in Brookline, ananswering machine says that Alexander andSons/Castle Storage has gone out of business. "Butwe are making arrangements for students toretrieve their goods," the recorded message says