. >> reporter: hi there brian, frank russo owns it's music box a store in hamilton where he shared his instruments over the past 30 years, he has a mass collection of vintage instruments that was decimated when at least 50 items were stolen from his home. frank russo loves guitars and sells them at his music store in hamilton and collected them for over 30, he probably owns 125 of them and imagine his distress when he realized at least 50 pieces of music including guitars and amplifiers were missing not just from his house but his storage building. items worth upwards of $100,000. >> maybe i'll get lucky and one or two pieces back. as he picks through instruments not taking, they focused on valuable vintage guitars. one is a 1953 esquire like this valued at $15,000. >> they didn't go for the cool factor but the dollar factor. >> this take a toll on russo. >> this is my retirement plan, my plan was to sell them off slowly put them in a separate account so that i would have a little stash. >> hamilton police lifted fingerprints from the property and are investigating the thefts and have

frank russo spent 30 years collecting guitars, he recently discovered 50 pieces of musical equipment including guitars and amplifiers and other gear were missing. someone snatched them from his home and storage unit next-door. >>> i have to accept the fact that they are gone. i have to accept the fact i may not ever get them back. >>> they focused on valuable vicinity annual guitars, he was saving them always part of his retirement plan. >>> happening today, march madness gets underway in the delaware valley. villanova and temple and st. joe's will open tournament play. nova faces unc and temple faces iowa. and st. joe's takes on cincinnati out west in spokane. our katherine scott will have much more in the next half-hour. >>> villanova at noon, you're not busy you're not working at noon. >> reporter: take a nap and watch basketball, it's going to be fun. future tracker 6 is up, i'll get to that in a second. let's get you outside, there you see center city we have dry conditions with radar showing you a whole lot of nothing right now. we can show you the radar image right now and you

often but thieves got away with valuable vintage guitars during a heist in hamilton, new jersey, frank russo estimated the thieved stole $100,000 worth of equipment in his store and storage. he says this theft is taking its financial toll. >> it's my retirement plan, my plan was to sell it over the next few years, sell them off slowly and put it in a separate account so i would have a little stash. >> hamilton police took finger printses from the property and russo is monitoring websites where the stolen equipment may show up for sale. >>> from our delaware newsroom, what a hero's welcome it was in delaware. annie mccormick has quite a story. >>> staff sergeant eric cheeseman got a surprise sec welcome home after deployment at guantanamo bay. he is now enlisting these troops and heroes welcome. together they will pull off an even bigger surprise. >> is this the most covert mission you have been on in all of your years? >> pretty much. >> the father of three. jackson, reilly have not seen his kids in a year. cheeseman arrived home and saw his wife kelly, who is in on the mis. reilly's first g

frank russo spent 30 years collecting the guitars and had 125 of them.ntly discovered 50 pieces of musical equipment guitars and amplifiers were missing. they are worth 8 to $90,000. >>> i have to accept the fact that they are gone. maybe i'll get one or two pieces back, but i'm trying to accept the fact that i may not get anything back. >>> the thieves focused on valuable vintage guitars, he was saving them as part of his retirement plan. >>> a felon tries to sway a judge through song. >>> a murder case became more complicated in the city's frankford section, annie mccormick has that story. >> reporter: homicide detectives are investigating a stabbing death, but he is also the victim of a hit-and-run. we'll have the details coming up. >>> a pep rally demonstration in florida did not go as planned sending several people to the hospital. the fire breathing performer caught fire during his routine in delray beach. they used fire extinguishers to douse the flames. the adult performer suffered burns and flown to a hospital in serious condition. >>> a convict

. >> reporter: frank russo loves guitars, he sells them at his music store and collected them for overyears. imagine his distress when he realized 50 pieces of musical gear was missing. items he said are worth 8 to $90,000. >>> i have to accept the fact that they are gone, maybe i'll be lucky and get one or two pieces back, but i'm trying to accept the fact that i may not never get them back. >> reporter: russo thieves focused on valuable vintage guitars. one of the of them is a 1953 fender like this. >>> this was basically my retirement plan itch no 401k, moo pension plan, my plan was to sell them off slowly put them in a separate account so i would have a little stash. >> reporter: hammonton police lifted from time to fingerprinte property and have a detective following up on leads in the case. >>> if i get my stuff back i won't prosecute. they have to live in their own hell. >> reporter: frank and his friends have been monitoring websites where the missing guitars and equipment might show up. >>> the stuff is probably sitting someplace waiting to cool off. i want my stuff back, it's