REDMOND, Wash. — The Redmond Police Department arrested two suspects in connection with a possible multistate guitar theft operation.
Police say the suspects are accused of stealing high-value guitars from Guitar Centers across Washington, Oregon, and California.
Investigators linked the suspects to thefts at four Guitar Center locations across the three states.
The thieves would later sell the stolen guitars online, according to police.
Police say the suspects, a man and a teen, were caught on a security camera stealing guitars at the Guitar Center in Redmond Town Square.
Both suspects left the store without being stopped.
Redmond Police set up their own operation, creating an online listing expressing interest in buying one of the guitars.
They then set up a meet-up location where they arrested both suspects.
The man was charged with retail theft and a first-degree stolen property trafficking charge.
Police didn’t say what charges the teen suspect may face.
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