Unreleased Beyonce music stolen from car during her tour in Atlanta
Atlanta police confirmed an arrest warrant was issued for a suspect following the vehicle theft at Krog Street Market on July 8, just two days before the Grammy Award-winning musician's Cowboy Carter Tour kicked off in Atlanta. Authorities are not sharing the alleged thief's name, but the person remains at large, police confirmed.
Beyonce's choreographer, Christopher Grant, and one of her dancers, Diandre Blue, said they parked a rented black Jeep Wagoneer in the market's parking deck at 99 Krog Street around 8pm, according to a police report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . They returned to the vehicle an hour later and saw the trunk window was damaged and two suitcases filled with their belongings had been taken, the report stated.
Grant said he was also carrying hard drives that contained 'personal sensitive information for the musician Beyonce,' according to police.
'The hard drives contained water-marked music, some unreleased music, footage plans for her show, and past and future set list,' an officer wrote in the report.
Other items listed in the report as stolen included laptops, clothes, Tom Ford sunglasses, a book bag and a pair of AirPods Max headphones.
The AJC has reached out to a spokesperson for Beyonce, her choreographer and her dancer for comment.
Police said cameras managed to capture the theft at the entrance of the parking deck, and officers canvassed the area. Law enforcement then used the Find My app to search for the headphones that were pinging at an undisclosed location, where officers 'conducted a suspicious person stop,' the report stated.
'After further investigation, a silver (redacted) which had also traveled into Zone 5 was moving at the same time as the tracking on the AirPods,' the report stated. 'Larceny from automobile investigators were on scene and flagged the vehicle on the system.'
An officer dusted for prints and was able to 'retrieve two very light prints,' though police haven't confirmed if they were from the unidentified suspect who remains at large, the report said.
The theft happened as thousands of excited fans prepared to descend upon Atlanta for four star-studded nights of the star's tour at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Tribune News Service
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