Man tried to hide guitar in pants

[MorePwr]

 
> Owner: Man tried to hide guitar in pants
>
> DE QUEEN, Ark. - The guitar-shaped bulge in Morgan Conatser's clothing
> tipped off a music store owner that there might be a crime in
> progress. Clifton Lovell, owner of Guitars and Cadillacs on U.S.
> Highway 71 in De Queen, was talking with a customer last week when he
> saw Conatser, 29, walking out of the store.
> "I saw him walking out to his pickup truck and the bulges in his
> leather jacket. I said, 'Hey what have you got there,'" Clifton Lovell
> said.
> He said Conatser, 29, replied, "Nothing."
> Lovell pointed toward the unnatural shapes in Conatser's jacket and
> pants and said, "You've got something."
> Conatser then removed a solid body electric guitar from his pants leg
> and from underneath his jacket.
> "The neck of the guitar was almost down to his knee and the back of
> the guitar was almost up to his neck. It wasn't hard to spot. There
> was no way he could sit down or get into the pickup," Lovell said.
> With the guitar back in the store, Lovell didn't intend to call the
> sheriff's office. But then he discovered a wireless sound system was
> missing. Lovell called the Sevier County Sheriff's Department and gave
> a description of Conatser and his pickup.
> Deputy Jeff Wahls called Conatser's father, who told Wahls how to find
> the house.
> The deputy found Conatser at home, where Conatser went to his bedroom
> closet and retrieved the sound system, Wahls said.
> "He made a statement saying he needed the property because he needed
> to make ends meet," Wahls said.
> Conatser was arrested on a charge of theft of property under $500 for
> the sound equipment because the guitar had already been returned to
> the shop owner. The sound system was worth about $200.
> "This is a new one on me and I couldn't believe he tried," Lovell
> said. "The strings were pressed down and he didn't make any noise."
> Conatser was issued a misdemeanor citation and released. Conatser can
> resolve the charge by paying a fine or he can contest the charge in
> Sevier County District Court.

[PocketThunder]

wtf?    i'm pulling stevie wonder on this one.

[Lostsheep_01]

And for my next trick, I'll need a volunteer from the jury....