{"id":2216089,"date":"2025-12-29T23:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2216089"},"modified":"2025-12-29T23:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:54:05","slug":"viral-video-of-thief-stealing-expensive-mandolins-from-new-jersey-music-shop-leads-to-unexpected-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/viral-video-of-thief-stealing-expensive-mandolins-from-new-jersey-music-shop-leads-to-unexpected-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral video of thief stealing expensive mandolins from New Jersey music shop leads to unexpected twist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A pair of vintage mandolins worth thousands of dollars that were recently stolen from a North Jersey music shop<\/a><\/span> have been returned, but with a note attached.<\/p>\n

CBS News New York’s Nick Caloway spoke to the owner of that shop, where there are cameras everywhere.<\/p>\n

What the video shows \u00a0<\/h2>\n

Lark Street Music in Teaneck has been selling and servicing vintage guitars and other instruments since the 1990s. Owner Bernard “Buzzy” Levine said the shop ships all over the country.<\/p>\n

However, he said he’s only had one stolen instrument before. That is, until last week.<\/p>\n

“I was over there at the computer, you know, answering mail or putting something on the website. I sort of ignored him totally. He leaves, and a few minutes later I looked up over there and there’s two empty spaces,” Levine said.<\/p>\n

Missing were two vintage mandolins, each worth about $4,000.<\/p>\n

“We checked the cameras. That’s when we found the amazing footage of him and his technique,” Levine said of the suspect.<\/p>\n

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This man is wanted for stealing two $4,000 mandolins from a music store in Teaneck, New Jersey. The instruments have since been returned.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lark Street Music<\/p>\n

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That technique involved the man shoving the mandolins inside his long coat before leaving.<\/p>\n

Levine said he called police and posted the video and it went viral.<\/p>\n

“I put it on our Facebook page because, you know, people should know. He might try to sell them or whatever,” Levine said. “Then people loved the action, I guess, so it spread all over the place.”<\/p>\n

“Sorry, I been drunk, merry Christmas. You are good man.”<\/h2>\n

A few days later, the mandolins were returned, dropped at the shop’s the front door, with a short, handwritten note that read, “Sorry, I been drunk, merry Christmas. You are good man.”<\/p>\n

“I think it was so prevalent all over the place that maybe a friend, maybe a relative, told him that, ‘Sooner or later, they’re going to catch you,'” Levine said.<\/p>\n

The mandolins remain in police custody, but Levine said he is glad he’ll get them back soon enough.<\/p>\n

The instruments may have been returned, but the thief never really faced the music. Police said the investigation is ongoing and the search for the suspect continues.<\/p>\n

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