"A thief or crew of thieves recently carried out one of the largest art heists in California history, breaking into a storage facility for the Oakland Museum of California under the cover of darkness and making off with more than 1,000 precious artifacts. Oakland police said the burglary took place just before 3:30 a.m. Oct. 15, which is four days before robbers stole a trove of priceless Napoleonic jewels from the the Louvre Museum in Paris."
""It was devastating. It feels like a real violation. It feels like somebody entering your home," said museum Chief Executive Lori Fogarty. Fogarty said staff members were not working at the off-site storage facility the day of the burglary and discovered it the following morning, Oct. 16. "Our job is to preserve and take care of and steward the cultural, artistic and natural heritage of California," she said."
"The Oakland Museum of California features more than 110,000 square feet of gallery space and 2 million objects dedicated to telling the story of the Golden State. Retired Los Angeles Police Capt. John Romero, who led the department's commercial crimes unit, said that if the break-in was completed without setting off alarms or alerting security, it's possible that the person or people behind it had some intern"
The Oakland Museum of California experienced a major burglary at an off-site storage facility just before 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15, with staff discovering the break-in the following morning, Oct. 16. More than 1,000 artifacts were taken, including Native American baskets, jewelry, daguerreotype photographs, laptops and intricately carved ivory tusks. The Oakland Police Department is collaborating with the FBI Art Crime Team to investigate and recover the items. Museum leadership described the theft as devastating and a violation, noting the loss affects the public and the museum's role in preserving California's cultural, artistic and natural heritage.
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