Officials: Oakland museum burglary was crime of opportunity, not a targeted theft

OAKLAND — The theft of more than 1,000 items from an Oakland Museum of California storage site Oct. 15 was a crime of opportunity and not a targeted heist, museum officials said Friday.

So far, none of the items taken have been recovered and no arrests have been announced, authorities said.

In a statement, museum officials said that based on current findings, investigators with the Oakland Police Department and the FBI Art Crime Team believe the break-in at the Fruitvale district facility was a crime of opportunity, not a targeted theft. They noted that police had approved the information in the new statement being released amid the ongoing investigation.

“There is no indication that the perpetrators specifically identified the facility as museum storage or sought particular artworks or