Let the music play.
Roswell police recovered more than $100,000 worth of stolen musical instruments Wednesday, putting an end to a nearly week-long investigation into a series of music shop thefts.
Police were alerted to the missing instruments Saturday, when Atlanta Violins reported five violins had disappeared sometime between May and June. The store owner was not aware of the missing violins until a music shop in Raleigh, N.C., called him to say they had the instruments.
After executing a search warrant on a Studio 6 hotel room in Roswell on Wednesday, police were able to recover all five violins, as well as a violin belonging to a store in Gwinnett County and a trumpet taken from an Alpharetta music store. Five additional unidentified instruments were also found in the room — two oboes, two trumpets and a clarinet.
Gary Donald Crouse, 60, and Leslie Edwards Fields, 52, of Roswell were arrested Thursday on charges of theft by receiving stolen property for their alleged involvement in the thefts.
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