A man is captured on surveillance footage breaking into Classic Rock 98.1. Photo courtesy of London police. A man is captured on surveillance footage breaking into Classic Rock 98.1. Photo courtesy of London police.
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Radio station broken into, autographed guitar stolen

London police are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect who broke into a downtown radio station and made off with an autographed double-neck guitar.

A double neck guitar that was stolen from Classic Rock 98.1. A double neck guitar that was stolen from Classic Rock 98.1.

Surveillance footage (shown below) shows a man jimmy the lock on the door of Classic Rock 98.1 at 700 Richmond Street around 1:25 a.m. on Tuesday. The man then walks inside and heads toward the studio. He is then seen walking back out the door with a white double-neck guitar that was signed by numerous artists including Sammy Hagar, Burton Cummings, and Huey Lewis.

London police were called and searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect.

The man is described as having a slim build and was wearing a light-coloured hooded sweatshirt, a light-coloured baseball hat, dark pants, dark-coloured sunglasses on the back of his head, a backpack and a light-coloured face mask.

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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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