Fayetteville police are on the hunt for thieves who stole instruments and supplies from an art program designed to help less fortunate children.
DOZENS, HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS THAT COULD HELP IN THE INSTIGATION. BACK TO YOU. >> A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TEACH MUSIC AND ART TO THE MOST DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN STOPS. INSTRUMENTS FOR THE FAYETTEVILLE ART EXPLOSION PROGRAM HAVE BEEN STOLEN. FAYETTEVILLE REPORTED GILBERT PAGE SPOKEN WITH DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS WHO SAYS THIEVES TOOK MORE THAN PROGRAM SUPPLIES. >> Reporter: CHILDREN USED TO PACK THE SMALL CLASSROOM OF THE ART EXPLOSION BUILDING ON LEHTINEN STREET IN FAYETTEVILLE. TWO HOURS A WEEK TO LEARN TO PLAY THE PIANO, PAINT AND WRITE POETRY. >> WHEN WE’RE FINISHED WITH A CHILD AFTER 13 WEEKS, WE PUT THEM ON A STAGE AND THEY PLAY THEIR FIRST SONGS ON THE PIANO, THEY GO BACK ON THAT STAGE AND THEY WILL SHARE POEMS THEY HAVE WRITTEN. >> Reporter: IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS DONATION, PROGRAM DIRECTOR FELTON BROWN SAYS SOMEONE WAS BROKEN INTO THE BUILDING AND STOLE EVERYTHING. >> THEY DROP BACK WINDOW, DESTROYED FRONT DOOR. AND, EVERYTHING WAS GONE. THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FOR THE REGULAR PROGRAM, THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FOR THE MUSIC PROGRAM, ALL THE MYSTICAL INSTRUMENTS. >> Reporter: BROWN SAYS THEY TOOK THE COMPANY CHECK, RECORDS, PERSONAL INFORMATION AND STOLEN HIS IDENTITY. >> HOW MUCH FRAUDULENT MONEY HAS BEEN WRITED IN CHECKS? >> LIKELY NEAR EIGHT TO $10,000. WHICH I CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND ME. >> Reporter: HE SAYS HE HAS OVER 100 INQUIRIES ON HIS CREDIT REPORT. AS HE FIGHTS TO RECOVER HIS IDENTITY, HE HOPE SOMEONE STEPS IN TO HELP HIM RECOVER HIS CHILDREN’S ARTS PROGRAM AND RUN. IN FAYETTEVILLE, GILBERT HAYES,
