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St. Petersburg's Planet Retro Records burglarized

"...they stole cash, turntables, and a bunch of other items and destroyed the back room and behind the counter..."

By Ray Roa on Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:58 pm

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Brian Mahar

Mushmind play Planet Retro Records in St. Petersburg, Florida.

This morning, St. Petersburg record store Planet Retro Records was burglarized.

UPDATE: St. Petersburg's music community has come together to organize a benefit show at the Local 662 on Friday Aug. 12. Details are available here.

The store — located at 2414 Central Avenue — posted photos today along with this message: “We were broken into last night. They stole cash, turntables, and a bunch of other items and destroyed the back room and behind the counter...God bless St. Petersburg."

If you have more information please email [email protected].

This is a developing story...

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