Crime & Safety

Update: SDPD Investigate Theft of Gun, Car and a Picasso from La Jolla Home

The items were reported missing on Tuesday afternoon.

Updated 2:36 p.m., June 13, 2012: Detectives worked Tuesday to determine who broke into a La Jolla home and stole a Picasso lithograph valued at $5,000, more than $25,000 worth of jewelry, a pistol and a sports car on Wednesday.

A woman who lives in the house on Belvedere Street, near Monte Vista Avenue in Windansea, reported the burglary about 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to San Diego police.

The resident told investigators she returned home from an outing to find a print of Pablo Picasso's Girl with a Red Beret missing, along with numerous pieces of jewelry, a .40-caliber Glock handgun and a 1995 convertible Porsche, California license No. 5EVM105, SDPD public-affairs Lt. Andra Brown said.

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The thief or thieves had forced entry through a side door, according to Brown.

Police had no suspect description as of Wedneday afternoon, the lieutenant said.

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Posted 8:23 a.m., June 13, 2012. An investigation was under way today into the reported theft of a Picasso, 1995 Porsche and Glock handgun from a La Jolla home, police said.

A woman reported the theft about 2 p.m. Tuesday, saying the items were
stolen from a home on Belvedere Street, near Monte Vista Avenue in Windansea, according to San Diego police Officer Dino Delimitros.

No further details were immediately released.

–City News Service


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