Marietta police officers on Thursday discovered a cache of stolen musical equipment worth $100,000 on a deserted private drive near Lockheed Elementary School off Merritt Road.

The equipment has since been returned to its owner, but police are still trying to identify whoever broke into a home and stole the items earlier this week. The stock pile of musical instruments — 13 guitars, two amplifiers and various related equipment — were apparently discarded about 100 yards off of the main road in a wooded area.

The equipment had no identifying marks or labels, but detectives tracked down the owner through a company that made some of the recovered guitars.

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Tracy Woodard from InTown Cares (left) and Lauren Hopper from Mercy Care organization work with residents at the Copperton Street encampment in August 2024. 
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