Police Friday sought the public’s help in locating a stolen car and the valuable 300-year-old cello that was in its trunk when the vehicle was taken in Glendale.
The maroon 2007 Acura ATL sedan was stolen Nov. 1 from the Embassy Suites Hotel parking lot at 800 N. Central Ave., Tahnee Lightfoot of the Glendale Police Department said.
A $1,000 reward is being offered through Crime Stoppers for the cello, which has a natural wood color, asymmetrical carbon fiber tailpiece, a cutout design and a label bearing the words “Antonio Domenicelli Fecit en Ferrara 1714” that is visible through the instrument’s right-side F hole, Lightfoot said.
The cello has scratches on its back side, she said.
There was no immediate word of the identity of the owner of the car or cello, and if that owner may be a professional musician.
Anyone with information about the cello or the vehicle was urged to call Glendale police at (818) 548-4911. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
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—City News Service