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Man steals $4,500 guitar from Long Island City store

By Bill Parry

LONG ISLAND CITY—Police from the 114th Precinct were searching for a suspect who allegedly stole a guitar worth more that $4,500 from the Guitar Store last month. The man entered the music store, at 34-17 48th St. and stuffed the guitar under his shirt before leaving without paying, according to the NYPD.

Police described the man as 30-year-old, 5 foot 10 and 165 pounds. He was last seen wearing a two-tone gray long sleeve shirt over a black T-shirt with a white chest design, blue jeans, black sneakers and eyeglasses.

Police released a surveillance video of the suspect and are asking anyone with information to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.