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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Singer's stolen guitars found in pawn shop


By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer

Two custom-made guitars that were stolen from singer-musician Anuhea Jenkins' pickup truck in Waikiki Sunday were recovered last night at a Waikiki pawn shop.

Warren Wyatt, Jenkins' manager, said he received a call last night from a man who said the guitars could be found at the pawn shop. Wyatt said the man asked to remain anonymous and did not ask for a reward.

Based on the tip, police went to the pawn shop and recovered the two guitars, Wyatt said. One belongs to Jenkins and the other to her aunt, Nalani Choy, a member of the popular musical group Na Leo Pilimehana.

Wyatt said items in the guitar cases were missing, but the instruments appeared to be undamaged. Jenkins' new MacBook laptop computer that also was stolen during the break-in is still missing, he said.

He said he was told the pawn shop has video of everyone who enters the shop, including the person or persons who brought in the guitars.

Wyatt said Jenkins was thrilled to have her guitar back. She is scheduled to leave today to perform at a music industry showcase in Los Angeles and was prepared to use borrowed guitars.

"Everybody's happy tonight," Wyatt said. "When you play with a guitar that's that specialized in front of people of the music industry, the guitar is like your baby."

Jenkins' album, "Anuhea," debuted on the Billboard chart at No. 8 in the new artist chart last week.

Jenkins said the guitars were stolen from the back of her Toyota pickup truck while she went to stand-up paddle board Sunday morning. When she returned to her vehicle on Pau Street about three hours later, the rear window was open and the items gone.