A man accused of pocketing two mandolins from a New Jersey music store has returned the stolen instruments with an apology note that read, “Sorry, I been drunk.”
Lark Street Music, known for their vintage guitars, shared video on Facebook last week of what appeared to be a man stealing two mandolins, a Gibson F-12 and a Weber Yellowstone.
The Teaneck Police Department said the owner of a local music store reported the theft of two mandolins on December 22.
The authorities said video from the store captured at about 12:30 p.m. ET last Monday appeared to show a man “wearing a long winter coat, place two mandolin instruments into the jacket’s inside side pockets.”
Bernard “Buzzy” Levine, who has owned Lark Street Music since 1981, said that he had “ignored” the suspected thief in the store as he was focused on other tasks.