Man breaks into Dallas Museum of Art, damages $5M in art over girlfriend

A male broke into the Dallas Museum of Art, damaging various artifacts, which include a 6th century B.C. black-determine kylix, or ingesting cup. Picture courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art

June 3 (UPI) — A guy broke into the Dallas Museum of Artwork, harmful some $5 million in artifacts and museum property due to the fact he was offended with his girlfriend, police said.

Brian Hernandez, 21, used a metallic chair to split into the museum entrance following the making was closed, all around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday night time, the Dallas Police Section said, according to The Dallas Morning Information.

He then broke a glass display screen scenario, detrimental a 6th century B.C. Greek amphora and a 5th century B.C. Greek box, which collectively were being truly worth some $5 million, police claimed, citing the museum’s stability and functions director, Kenneth Bennett. Museum Director Agustín Arteaga said, nevertheless, the real full of the two products could be significantly less than the primary estimate.

Hernandez also broken a 6th century B.C. bowl well worth $100,000 and a ceramic Caddo effigy bottle worth $10,000.

“In addition, a lot less than a dozen smaller sized parts that were in the exact glass case attacked, could possibly have experienced minor damages,” Arteaga said.

Museum stability apprehended Hernandez ahead of law enforcement arrived and arrested him. Law enforcement mentioned he confessed to the break-in and harm, and blamed complications with his girlfriend.

“He went via other areas and did not harm any other operates, did not contact anything at all, did not have the intention of thieving everything,” Arteaga stated, in accordance to KDFW-Tv in Dallas-Fort Value. “It was just his anger that drove that person to do what it did.”

He stated Hernandez’s girlfriend was not connected with the DMA.

“We never have any link that we know of, or that person, linked to the DMA,” he claimed.