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Suspect Arrested Over Theft of Heart’s Custom Telecaster and Vintage Mandolin

Heart has offered a reward for the instruments’ safe return

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Heart shared on social media that two instruments were stolen ahead of their tour kickoff show in Atlantic City, and have offered a reward to anyone who can help recover them.
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Overview

  • Atlantic City police charged 57-year-old Garfield Bennett of Pleasantville with burglary and theft after linking him to the May 31 heist.
  • Surveillance footage shows Bennett attempting to sell the stolen items across the city before officers took him into custody.
  • The missing gear includes Nancy Wilson’s custom purple sparkle baritone Telecaster and Paul Moak’s vintage 1966 Gibson EM-50 mandolin.
  • Police confirm one instrument was sold and the other remains unaccounted for, and they warn anyone holding them faces receiving stolen property charges.
  • Despite the loss, Heart has pressed on with its An Evening With Heart tour alongside Todd Rundgren and urges anyone with leads to claim the no-questions-asked reward.