The Oakland Police Division introduced Wednesday that it’s working with the FBI’s Artwork Crime Group to research a housebreaking of the Oakland Museum of California’s assortment two weeks in the past.
Shortly earlier than 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15, a suspect or suspects broke into the museum’s off-site storage facility, in line with an OPD information launch. They stole greater than 1,000 gadgets, together with jewellery, Native American baskets and different artifacts, police mentioned.
“The theft that occurred represents a brazen act that deprives the general public of our state’s cultural heritage,” mentioned Lori Fogarty, government director and CEO of the Oakland Museum of California, including that many of the stolen gadgets have been donated to the museum.
Fogarty mentioned OMCA works carefully with OPD, town of Oakland and the FBI.
Police can not say how a lot the stolen artifacts are value.
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