$5 million of property destroyed at Dallas Museum of Art

DALLAS — Far more than $5 million in home, together with ancient artifacts, statues and pottery was destroyed right after a gentleman broke into the Dallas Museum of Artwork Wednesday night, law enforcement say.

The suspect, 21-yr-old Brian Hernandez, was charged with criminal mischief increased than $300,000, a law enforcement affidavit states. 

Officers responded to a contact about the split-in at about 10:10 p.m. Wednesday night time, the arrest warrant reads. The security guard at the museum experienced called to convey to law enforcement there was somebody inside of the museum at a time when there shouldn’t be any individual within. 

The glass doorway entrance to the museum was observed shattered, and Hernandez was uncovered sitting down on a bench inside of in which the guard told him to stay, the document stated. 

Hernandez instructed officers he “received mad at his female” so he broke into the museum and began destroying assets. 

Safety footage, the affidavit information, demonstrates Hernandez throwing objects on the ground within the museum, like a laptop computer, and then overturning benches and destroying wooden show signs. 

In the next floor “historic exhibit,” Hernandez can be witnessed destroying a glass display screen circumstance with a metal stool and destroying two pots, a single dating back again to 450 B.C. The report adds that Hernandez destroyed just one statue of “Kylix Herakles and Nemeon Lion” valued at $100,000. 

Yet another statue of a “Batah Kuhuh Alligator Gar Fish” valued at $10,000 was also wrecked, the report detailed. 

“The items inside of the display circumstances that were destroyed are exceptional historical artifacts that are very precious and one of a variety,” the affidavit said. 

The total sum of residence damage is estimated to be about $5,153,000, the document states. 

Hernandez was taken to Dallas County Jail with no incident, no bail has been established as of Thursday afternoon.