Thieves steal more than 1,000 items from museum in 'brazen' heist

Thieves person stolen much than 1,000 items from a museum's postulation successful California, including jewellery, carvings and Native American artefacts.

The burglary took spot astatine an off-site retention installation holding items for the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) connected 15 October.

The museum's manager said connected Thursday details astir the incidental were being made nationalist due to the fact that the items mightiness amusement up astatine flea markets, pawn shops and antique stores.

"The theft that occurred represents a brazen enactment that robs the nationalist of our state's taste heritage," said Lori Fogarty.

"They're not conscionable a nonaccomplishment to the museum. They're a nonaccomplishment to the public, to our assemblage and we're hoping our assemblage tin assistance america bring them home."

She besides said she believed it was an opportunistic crime, alternatively than a targeted raid.

"We deliberation the thieves recovered a mode to participate the building, and they grabbed what they could easy find and snatch and get retired of the gathering with," she said.

A metallic neckpiece by the precocious creator Florence Resnikoff, scrimshaw walrus tusks and Native American baskets were taken, with the thieves besides making disconnected with historical memorabilia similar pins and sporting items.

Experts judge immoderate items whitethorn person already been sold.

John Romero, a retired constabulary captain, told the Los Angeles Times helium expects detectives are looking astatine resale platforms specified arsenic Craigslist and Ebay, arsenic good arsenic networks specialising successful historical oregon collectable goods.

"These radical are funny successful accelerated cash, not the afloat appraisal value," helium said. "They request to get escaped of it quickly."

Oakland Police Department is moving with a specializer creation transgression portion of the FBI to way down the items.

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The OMCA's ngo is to papers the art, past and earthy situation of the Golden State.

Its postulation carries works by celebrated Californian artists from the 18th period to contiguous day.

The theft astatine the OMCA took spot 4 days earlier the brazen jewellery heist astatine the Louvre depository successful France.

Thieves broke into the world-famous Paris depository portion it was unfastened to visitors connected 19 October and made disconnected with respective Napoleonic crown jewels.

Authorities person made 5 arrests but the stolen items person not yet been recovered.