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57-year-old Garfield Bennett charged with burglary and theft for stealing guitar and mandolin from the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tA New Jersey man has been charged with burglary and theft after stealing \u201cirreplaceable\u201d instruments<\/a> from the band Heart<\/a>.. <\/p>\n \n\tAccording to NBC 10 Philadelphia<\/a>, the Atlantic City Police Department obtained surveillance footage of the 57-year-old Garfield Bennett from Pleasantville, NJ, trying to sell various items he had stolen from the band on the eve of their Royal Flush summer tour on May 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe instruments were stolen from the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel shortly after being loaded into the facility.\u00a0Bennett was arrested in Atlantic City and is currently incarcerated at the Atlantic County Justice Facility. <\/p>\n \n\tInvestigators believe Bennett sold one of the instruments, and are urging whoever purchased it to surrender without penalty or be arrested for receiving stolen property; it\u2019s unclear which of the instruments was sold, and what is the status of the other stolen instrument.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIf you\u2019ve got the guitars, bring them back. Turn them in. No questions asked,\u201d Atlantic City Director of Public Safety Sean Riggin said. \u201cIf we continue looking and we have to find them, there are absolutely going to be serious criminal charges.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHeart member Nancy Wilson<\/a> posted a statement on her Instagram account<\/a> Wednesday pleading for the items to be returned. Bennett is accused of stealing what Nancy Wilson described as a \u201ccustom-built, one-of-a-kind purple sparkle baritone Telecaster with a hand-painted headstock, crafted specifically for [her]\u201d as well as a vintage 1966 Gibson EM-50 mandolin that band member Paul Moak has used for almost three decades.<\/p>\n