Atlanta man arrested and accused of stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyoncé music

A Georgia man is alleged to have used his niece's rented car to help him break into another vehicle and steal luggage, which included hard drives containing tracks of unreleased Beyoncé music, police said Tuesday.

Kelvin Evans was booked on suspicion of felony motor vehicle theft in connection with the vehicle break-in in Atlanta, where Beyoncé was prepping for shows on her Cowboy Carter Tour.

"We can confirm an arrest was made in the larceny from auto case" on July 8, Atlanta Police Officer Anthony Grant said in a statement. "Suspect Kelvin Evans was taken into custody by Hapeville PD and was booked into the Fulton County Jail."

Grant added: “The stolen items have not yet been recovered at this time."

Beyoncé choreographer Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue lost belongings in the break-in, including a laptop that included music from their boss, which has yet to be released, officials said.

Parking garage security cameras captured the break-in with the thief leaving the scene in a black Hyundai Elantra, according to an affidavit supporting Evans' arrest.

The Elantra was a rental and had been signed out to Santana Evans on the night of this break-in, the affidavit said. The renter said she briefly lent the car to her uncle, whom she called "Keven Evans" and who was later identified as Kelvin Evans, on July 8, police aid.

The older Evans had asked to borrow the car for only five minutes, but that turned into 30 minutes, as four previously unseen black suitcases "appeared in the back" of the Elantra, Santana Evans told police, adding that she "did not question where they came from."

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When the uncle and niece met up later for him to retrieve the luggage, more security video showed Kelvin Evans wearing clothes that are "consistent" with the man breaking into Grant and Blue's car, police said.

The suspect Evans lives at 370 North Ave. in Hapeville, and a pair of AirPods taken in the theft were pinging at that address, police said.

Evans was booked into custody Aug. 25 and was still in jail Wednesday held in lieu of $20,000 bail. He is accused of both the theft and violating terms of his probation.

Jail records did not show whether Evans has a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

Bey played four Cowboy Carter shows July 10-14 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of football's Atlanta Falcons.