The thieves may have underestimated how tight-knit the Seattle area’s music scene is.
KING COUNTY, Wash. — A theft involving drum sets originally belonging to Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has come to a happy conclusion after a tip from a Seattle-area music store employee.
The thieves, unaware of the close-knit nature of Seattle’s music community, were apprehended, and all five stolen drum sets were returned undamaged.
Donn Bennett, a broker of rare musical instruments, was the first to discover the theft.
“I mean this is what I do, I deal in rare musical instruments,” said Donn Bennett, of Donn Bennett’s Drum Vault.
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