McGuffie’s
McGuffie’s
Thugs & Thieves
Critter Bar
A warning to artists and good Samaritans: protect your equipment. Once it enters this club, it doesn’t come back.
Tod McGuffie – The “loan becomes theft and intimidation”
McGuffie’s Theft Exposed: Thugs, Lies, and Corruption in San Diego
McGuffie’s Thugs & Thieves
NAVAJO LIVE
NAVAJO JIVE
No-Class Acts at McGuffie’s (Formerly Navajo Live)
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Just after midnight, I confronted the so-called owner, Tod McGuffie, as he strutted out with a young girl trailing behind him. I asked about my gear — equipment I bought and supported that bar with for years. His response? “Sue me.”
That’s how shady this place has become. They still have my equipment, bar me from the building, and even tried to throw muscle at me to intimidate me. I told the guy straight: if you touch me, it’s felony elder abuse.
I backed that bar for several years. Now they act like crooks. No class, no respect, no accountability.
Supporting this place is supporting felony theft. Every dollar you spend rewards intimidation and fraud.
When a Loan Becomes Theft — and Intimidation
I loaned my own professional musical equipment to help a local club. Out of my heart, I updated their sound with better gear than they had. It was never for sale, never part of the club’s assets. When the club closed, I asked for my equipment back.
This wasn’t just audio — it included accessories and LED lighting as well.
At first, the new owner, Tod McGuffie, admitted the gear was mine and even promised to return it once he had replacements. Now he refuses.
Worse — when I tried to recover my own property, McGuffie sent “muscle” to threaten me and force me to leave. That’s intimidation. If he had touched me, it would have been assault. And since I’m a senior, that makes it even more serious under the law.
Tod McGuffie
LOANED. NOT SOLD. RETURN IT.
Speak up — if you’ve loaned gear and never got it back, share your story.
Villains: Christopher Heaney, Tod McGuffie and Greg “SweetChuck” Bartusch. You don’t get to steal gear and hide behind locked doors. The story isn’t over — the spotlight is only getting brighter.
Christopher Heaney – the original hand-off villain, sold trust for a dollar and left others to clean up the mess.
Tod McGuffie – the thug in plain sight, flaunting stolen gear in the open and sending muscle in a failed attempt to intimidate a senior.
Greg “SweetChuck” Bartusch – the conspirator sound guy who sent death threats and tied himself to the equipment heist.
Shannen Lyman – the wannabe booking agent, songwriter, and musician who jumped into the McGuffie mess head-first, mocking the victim and defending the thieves. A legend in her own mind — now officially tied to the McGuffie equipment heist through her own words. The spotlight just found a new name.
February 8, 2025 Greg Bartusch Death Threats
January 23, 2025 — Greg Bartusch turning children’s pain into a sick joke
Mockery: Greg Bartusch set kids laughing as the background while my granddaughters suffer.
Update – Boycott McGuffie’s (formerly Navajo Live) Owner Tod McGuffie continues to refuse returning my audio equipment and lighting that I loaned out of pure goodwill when the venue was still Navajo Live. This is a reminder that integrity matters — return what isn’t yours.
THE COLLECTIVE STATEMENT:
Singer–booker Shannen Lyman steps into the spotlight — publicly defending equipment theft and trolling the original founder. When you stand with a thief, you become part of the story.
Mock the truth once, you inherit the lie.
Every laugh, every comment — logged, archived, and noted.
Legends in their own minds fade. Receipts don’t.
Some people reveal their character the moment they open their mouth — and thank you for the clarity. Professionalism is who you are when no one’s watching, and you just showed the world everything.
https://freekeenan.com/2025/11/13/collective-report/
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mnxeNYwanvKX
https://youtu.be/PD0VxNcYZLY?si=-fTCBl2mSj9GhCuE
https://x.com/eyeoftheSTORMsd/status/1973449080497119737
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