Encinitas Sheriff's Investigating $5M Art Burglary from Rancho Sante Fe Home

San Diego Crime Stoppers made the following announcement on Aug. 5, 2013:

San Diego County Crime Stoppers and investigators from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Encinitas station are asking for assistance from the public to help identify and locate the suspects wanted in connection with a residential burglary that occurred in June in Rancho Santa Fe.

Detectives said that sometime between 9 p.m. on June 17, and 6 a.m. on June 18, 2013, unknown suspects entered a home in Rancho Santa Fe and stole jewelry, paintings and other pieces of artwork valued in excess of $5 million dollars.

There were 11 paintings from various artists, one Monet print and one Pissarro print stolen, all valued at more than $1 million, as well as four very elaborate gold, tourmaline, diamond, cabochon, citrine necklace and bracelet sets valued at approximately $100,000 per set.

Also taken were 20 sculptures by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof and Chinese sculptures, valued at about $3 million, as well as gold, tourmaline, diamond, cabochon and citrine necklace and bracelet sets, worth about $100,000 per set, authorities said.

The median annual income in Rancho Santa Fe in 2010 was estimated at $188,859, ranking it as one of the highest income areas in the nation with a population of more than 1,000. Rancho Santa Fe had about 3,100 residents in 2010.

Anyone with information on this case should call the Sheriff’s Department’s Encinitas Station at (858) 966‐3500 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477. 

Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest in this case. Anonymous email and text messages can be sent in via www.sdcrimestoppers.com.

–City News Service contributed to this story.