Posts Tagged ‘Marin County’
Singin’ The Blues In Marin County Jail for Plucking Rare Guitars
Written by Robin Sandoval-March on December 8, 2009 – 8:53 pm -
With the bright idea of getting some early “ax-mas shopping” done, two thieves rolled through the assumingly ‘quiet’ Marin County town of Tiburon at 3:00 a.m. and commenced to kicking the doors down at Shoenberg Guitar Shop, located on Ark Row.
Their mission? To steal three rare Martin guitars worth an estimated value of $70,000. Eric Shoenberg, the guitar shop owner said the valuable guitars were made in 1919, 1933 and 1987 and are like the “Stradivarius of guitars.”
Guitar nappers Douglas Chris Knudtson Jr. and Shannon Cooper were later stopped in their rental car by a keen Belvedere police officer who heard the ruckus earlier, putting two and two together. The officer recalled Read more »
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Marin Couple Designate A 13-year-Old Driver
Written by Robin Sandoval-March on October 10, 2009 – 7:01 am -
Talk about irresponsible. Two assumedly grown adults we’re too sloshed to drive themselves home – so they asked their 13-year-old relative to do the chauffering!
Seems the couple have had previous run-ins with the law having been charged with DUIs, so why have to suffer through another one?
Sergeant, Rob Schneider of the San Anselmo Police Department in Marin County say the incident Read more »