Category: Guitar Crime

Man steals Les Paul from his blind, one-legged father

Posted 10 Dec 2010 in Guitar Crime

A MAN stole £3,250 worth of items from his blind dad to pay off debts. Ricky Jones, 18, of Broad Oakes, Halifax Road, Hipperholme, was the registered carer for his dad, Douglas, who also has a prosthetic right leg. Jones Jnr stole a laptop, an LCD TV and a Gibson Les Paul guitar and he admitted the theft at Magistrates’ Court in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, UK. Waseem Raja, prosecuting, said Douglas Jones had been blind for 22 years and was…

Man charged for hitting brother with guitar

Posted 10 Dec 2010 in Guitar Crime

Prosecutors charged a man onwith felony assault after he allegedly hit his brother in the head with a guitar. The man, 47, reportedly didn’t deny the attack when police were called July 28 to a home in Monroe, WA. “I told my brother to quit (expletive deleted) with me and he wouldn’t listen, so I whacked his (expletive deleted),” said the accused. According to the charging papers filed by deputy prosecutor Bob Hendrix (and yes, he is related), the defendant…

Motörhead fan beaten to death after Leeds gig

Posted 30 Nov 2010 in Guitar Crime

A man was beaten to death after a Motorhead gig in Leeds. West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses. Andrew Crawford was attacked on Nov 25th. He suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Leeds General Infirmary, where he died. The attack followed an incident at the O2 Academy where two men set his friend’s hair on fire, reports BBC News. Two men were later arrested, but have been released on bail pending further inquiries. Source: http://www.nme.com/

Les Paul stolen through the “doggie door”

Posted 30 Nov 2010 in Guitar Crime

A doggy door appears to have been the entryway for a burglar who broke into a Bennet, NE house and stole $4,932 worth of musical equipment last month. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said the break-in, reported Saturday, is believed to have taken place between Oct. 16 and Oct. 30. The caretaker of the house reported that someone got in through a doggy door and stole 10 microphones, a $2,500 40th anniversary Les Paul-edition Gibson guitar in its case and…

Man beats his wife and her lover with guitar

Posted 17 Nov 2010 in Guitar Crime

A husband was in jail Tuesday night after allegedly beating his wife with a guitar and slicing her with a knife after he came home to find her in bed with another man, according to a Bradenton Police report. Willie J. Adams was arrested and faces a charge of aggravated battery. According to the authorities, Adams came home early to find the door to his home locked. He did not have a key to the residence with him. After knocking…

Police Search for Man Who Hit Host with Guitar

Posted 10 Nov 2010 in Guitar Crime

Police are looking for the man who hit his host on the head with a guitar while leaving a house party in Sioux Falls Friday night. There was a small gathering at the home of the 26-year-old victim on the 900 block of South Phillips Avenue when the assault occurred, police spokesman Sam Clemens said. Sometime before 3 a.m., the intoxicated suspect began to get belligerent, Clemens said, kicking and breaking the victim’s acoustic guitar. He then grabbed his own…

Sex offender with artificial leg caught when selling stolen guitar

Posted 24 Oct 2010 in Guitar Crime

A burglary suspect with an artificial leg was identified after police say he tried to sell a stolen guitar and amplifier to a music store owner who called the burglary victim. “The store owner described the suspect as a guy with a prosthetic leg and the victim realized the suspect lived next door to her,” said Ferndale Police Detective Ken Denmark. Edward Hogan, 35, of Ferndale is charged in Ferndale 43rd District Court with second-degree home invasion and is scheduled…

Man arrested for disorderly conduct after smashing guitar

Posted 15 Oct 2010 in Guitar Crime

Watch out Pete Townshend. A Madison man was arrested for disorderly conduct when he smashed his guitar in the middle of a downtown Madison street Monday. He was playing his guitar outside the Madison Municipal Building when he started repeatedly smashing his guitar on the pavement, witnesses said. According to police, the suspect threw his guitar at a passing car on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, between the Madison Municipal Building and City County Building. Witnesses said he missed the…

Gibson stolen while newlyweds party

Posted 02 Oct 2010 in Guitar Crime

As Michael and Melanie Apostolous celebrated their wedding, their apartment was broken into and a much loved Gibson, a laptop and a TV were stolen. It later transpired that the man accused as the thief was one of their guests. Investigators have been able to recover the laptop but the other items are still missing. Cornell Jackson of Madison Heights, MI, is accused of breaking into the couple’s apartment. He was charged Friday with home invasion and receiving stolen property….

Sunderland midfielder, Andy Reid, appeals for return of stolen guitars

Posted 01 Oct 2010 in Guitar Crime

Sunderland footballer (sorry, soccer player) Andy Reid has appealed for information after two of his prized guitars went missing from a Durham recording studio. Reid, who has performed live for the SAFC Foundation at the Stadium of Light, reported the 1975 Gibson Les Paul and 1981 Fender Stratocaster missing last Thursday but police have so far been unable to ascertain their whereabouts. Andy said: “Most people are aware of my passion for music and the guitars really mean a lot…