Re-posting this from the Banjo Hangout, where I spend a fair amount of time:
Sad story about a bad thing happening to a good family already dealing with tough issues. It's hard enough to run a specialty retail stringed instrument store without this crap: https://local12.com/news/local/mandolin-crime-thefts-instrument-music-store-camera-thousands-worth-of-instruments-stolen-from-music-store-days-before-opening-in-tri-state-money-thief-rare-business-saudi-arabia-community-lebanon-cincinnati-ohio
Two of the four instruments stolen -- for a total stated value of $11,000 -- were left-handed, so should be pretty obvious if they come up for sale.
That is sad and infuriating news. I hope the perpetrators are caught and the items returned. It seems unlikely : (
