Brian Nisbet thought his drum set would be safe in his truck overnight.
His truck had an alarm and tinted windows; he’d parked under a streetlight and locked all the doors.
But the next morning, as Nisbett – who lives on Laguna Court – walked towards his truck, he noticed the small back panel window was open. As he got closer, he saw his lights were flashing – a sure sign his truck alarm had gone off.
“All my stuff was gone, … I lost almost $4,000 worth, and the stuff is stuff I had pieced together over time,” Nisbet told The Record.
The drum set was gone. A drum set Nisbet had been putting together for years, piece by piece, including a unique red and white drum he bought from Tom Lee music in Vancouver.
“I went to every pawn shop and the cops had a record, blah, blah, blah,” he said.
But the drums were never found.
Nisbet reported the robbery to the police, but after a short investigation, they didn’t have any leads and said the thieves had probably used gloves.
“It was just painful,” Nisbet said.
The drums were stolen about four months ago, but Nisbet hasn’t given up hope yet. He still checks in with pawnshops and friends, in case they’ve come across his rather unique set of drums – which was the case almost two decades ago when Nisbet’s first drum set was stolen.
“I gave up hope on that one (set) and I bought another set, … and one night a friend of mine said ‘Would you come out with me and help me buy some drums,’” he said.
And so, Nisbet tagged along to help his friend check out a set of drums a man had for sale in Burnaby.
“And this guy pulled the blanket off and there was my drum set,” he said.
At that point, his stolen drum set had been gone for five years, but by this stroke of luck Nisbet managed to recover them.
“That sort of taught me not to give up hope,” he added.
Nisbet’s drum set includes a custom-made snare drum his wife gave him last year, cymbals he’s had for 40 years, the red and white drum from Tom Lee, a bass drum and a white floor drum.
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New Westminster police issued an alert in August about another robbery on Laguna Court, this time to a residence in the Quayside community.
On Aug. 15, police were called to a home on Laguna Court. The residence was broken into, and a safe was stolen. Inside the safe there was a gold ring with a large opal.
Police are asking anyone with information on the location of the ring to contact Const. Chuck Fortier at 604-525-5411.
