Man Accused of Stealing Guitar by Putting It in His Pants

[gbacklin]

RICHMOND HILL, Ont.—Police north of Toronto are searching for a man accused of stealing an $8,000 guitar by hiding it in his pants—a feat captured on surveillance video.

York Regional Police say the alleged theft happened on Dec. 20, and was reported 10 days later.

They allege a man entered a music store in Richmond Hill, Ont., put the Gibson Custom Shop 60th Anniversary ’59 Les Paul standard electric guitar in his pants and left the store.

Video shared by police shows a man sitting on a stool in the store and sliding the guitar, headstock and neck first, into his pants.

[majorminor]

"....or are you just happy to see me??"

[drlj]

The guy wears big pants. He could never do that wearing skinny jeans.
I have a special hatred for guitar thieves.

They arrested a guy at one of the local stores once for putting several hundred dollars worth of meat down his pants. I could only hope none of it went back into the meat case.

[howard lee]

It also seemed as though just part of the neck went into his sweatpants. You see him unzipping his sweatshirt and fussing with the body of the guitar along his back.

Masterful.

[coachdoc]

IQ challenged.

[John B]

When I was at GC we had a $3K bass stolen the same way. It happens. The thief was not caught.

[RickW]

Balls of brass, doing that in the middle of a crowded store.

[aquaduct]

Happened on December 20th and was reported 10 days later???

[howard lee]

Jan 20, 2022 12:44:10 GMT -5 aquaduct said:

Happened on December 20th and was reported 10 days later???

I said the same thing to my wife when I saw this.

[Captain Donn]

He took off everything except his G string.